Recommendations for Routine Sickle Cell Trait Screening for NCAA Division I Athletes

PM and R

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 168-174

  Anderson, Scott A ^a   Doperak, Jeanne ^b   Chimes, Gary P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; COST; EDITORIAL; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SCREENING; SICKLE CELL TRAIT;

CONFIDENTIALITY; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PREJUDICE; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; SPORTS MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951601342     PISSN: 19341482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2010.12.017     Document Type: Editorial

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