Survival estimates for elite male and female Olympic athletes and tennis championship competitors

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 722-727

  Coate, D ^a   Sun, R ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Olympic athletes; Women's athletic participation; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; DIVING; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; OLYMPIC ATHLETES; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RUNNING; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; SWIMMING; TENNIS; TRACK AND FIELD; WOMEN'S ATHLETIC PARTICIPATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

OLYMPIC ATHLETES; WOMEN'S ATHLETIC PARTICIPATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ATHLETES; DIVING; FEMALE; GYMNASTICS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RUNNING; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; SWIMMING; TENNIS; TRACK AND FIELD;

EID: 84888138967     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2012.01449.x     Document Type: Article

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