Is "football for all" safe for all? cross-sectional study of disparities as determinants of 1-year injury prevalence in youth football programs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Dahlström, Örjan ^a,b   Backe, Stefan ^c,d   Ekberg, Joakim ^a   Janson, Staffan ^c   Timpka, Toomas ^a,b,d  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Linköping University   (Sweden)

^c KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTAL MAIL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; SPORT INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK; SAFETY; SELF REPORT; SOCCER;

EID: 84865191758     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043795     Document Type: Article

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