Natural and traumatic sports-related fatalities: A 10-year retrospective study

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 604-608

  Turk, E E ^a   Riedel, A ^a   Pueschel K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RUNNING; SPORT INJURY;

AGE FACTORS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DROWNING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPORTS;

EID: 47349134013     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2007.038505     Document Type: Article

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