On the value of team medical staff: Can the "Moneyball" approach be applied to injuries in professional football?

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 963-965

  Orchard, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF; SOCCER; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 73349122877     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2009.058404     Document Type: Editorial

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