Role of illness in male professional football: Not a major contributor to time loss

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 699-702

  Bjørneboe, John ^a   Kristenson, Karolina ^b   Waldén, Markus ^b   Bengtsson, Håkan ^b   Ekstrand, Jan ^b   Hägglund, Martin ^b   Rønsen, Ola ^c   Andersen, Thor Einar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c AKER SOLUTIONS   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASES; EUROPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; MALE; SOCCER;

ATHLETES; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE; EUROPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; MALE; SOCCER;

EID: 84969776548     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2015-095921     Document Type: Article

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