Evaluating the level of injury in English professional football using a risk based assessment process

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 446-451

  Drawer, S ^b   Fuller, C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UK Sport   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; COST; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVALUATION; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCCER;

EID: 0036903414     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.36.6.446     Document Type: Article

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