Incidence of sports-related concussion among youth football players aged 8-12 Years

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 717-720

  Kontos, Anthony P ^a   Elbin, R J ^a   Fazio Sumrock, Vanessa C ^a   Burkhart, Scott ^a   Swindell, Hasani ^b   Maroon, Joseph ^c   Collins, Michael W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AE; Athletic exposure; CDC; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; IDR; Incidence density ratio; Incidence rate; IR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CHILD; CONCUSSION; FOOTBALL; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SPORT INJURY; UNITED STATES;

AE; ATHLETIC EXPOSURE; CDC; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION; IDR; INCIDENCE DENSITY RATIO; INCIDENCE RATE; IR;

AGE FACTORS; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CHILD; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PENNSYLVANIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84882831398     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.04.011     Document Type: Article

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