High school football and risk of neurodegeneration: A community-based study

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 335-340

  Savica, Rodolfo ^a   Parisi, Joseph E ^a   Wold, Lester E ^a   Josephs, Keith A ^a   Ahlskog, J Eric ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FOOTBALL; HEAD GEAR; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NERVE DEGENERATION; ONSET AGE; PARKINSON DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859833612     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2011.12.016     Document Type: Article

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