Higher body mass index is a predictor of death among professional sumo wrestlers

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 711-712

  Kanda, Hideyuki ^a   Hayakawa, Takehito ^a   Tsuboi, Satoshi ^a   Mori, Yayoi ^a   Takahashi, Teruna ^a   Fukushima, Tetsuhito ^a  

^a Fukushima Medical University   (Japan)

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EID: 72249093119     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
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