Early Cardiovascular Mortality in Professional Football Players: Fact or Fiction?

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 122, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 811-814

  Selden, Michael A ^a,b   Helzberg, John H ^a,b   Waeckerle, Joseph F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alanine aminotransferase (ALT); Cardiometabolic syndrome; Collegiate football players; High school football players; Linemen; National Football League (NFL) players; Nonlinemen; Obesity

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOOTBALL; HEART ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 68749093995     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2009.03.027     Document Type: Review

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