Deaths due to brain injury among footballers in Victoria, 1968-1999

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 172, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 217-219

  McCrory, Paul R ^a,c   Berkovic, Samuel F ^a   Cordner, Stephen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOPSY; BRAIN INJURY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0034611303     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2000.tb123912.x     Document Type: Article

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