National high school athlete concussion rates from 2005-2006 to 2011-2012

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1710-1715

  Rosenthal, Joseph A ^a,b   Foraker, Randi E ^b   Collins, Christy L ^c   Comstock, R Dawn ^d  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Global Health and Health Disparities   (United States)

Author keywords

Athlete; Concussion; Epidemiology; High school

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; SCHOOL; SPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SCHOOLS; SPORTS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905276954     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546514530091     Document Type: Article

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