Concussions, professional sports, and conflicts of interest: Why the national football league's current policies are bad for its (players') health

HEC Forum

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 337-355

  Goldberg, Daniel S ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CONCUSSION; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 58549104410     PISSN: 09562737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10730-008-9079-0     Document Type: Review

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