Commentary: Is it safe to watch football?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1013-1015

  Hoek, Gerard ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK; SOCCER;

EID: 77956296452     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyq087     Document Type: Note

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