Brain injury and heading in soccer

British Medical Journal

Volumn 327, Issue 7411, 2003, Pages 351-352

  McCrory, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN INJURY; CAREER; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; EDITORIAL; FOOTBALL; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; VELOCITY;

EID: 0041731695     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.351     Document Type: Editorial

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