Epidemiology of neurodegeneration in American-style professional football players

Alzheimer's Research and Therapy

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Lehman, Everett J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; AUTOPSY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FATALITY; FOOTBALL; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 84880803288     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17589193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/alzrt188     Document Type: Article

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