Injury risk in professional boxing

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 994-998

  Bledsoe, Gregory H ^a   Li, Guohua ^a   Levy, Fred ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Boxing; Head injury; Professional sports

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BOXING; BRAIN INJURY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BOXING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EYE INJURIES; FACIAL INJURIES; FEMALE; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEVADA; NOSE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 27644593583     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000182498.19288.e2     Document Type: Article

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