Lifespan perspective of professional footballers’ health

Asian Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Gouttebarge, Vincent ^a   Aoki, Haruhito ^b  

^a FIFPRO   (Netherlands)

^b ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Athletes; Health; Soccer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926385007     PISSN: 2008000X     EISSN: 20087209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/asjsm.23813     Document Type: Letter

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