Brain Injury-related Fatalities in American Football, 1945–1999
- 1 April 2003
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurosurgery
- Vol. 52 (4) , 846-853
- https://doi.org/10.1227/01.neu.0000053210.76063.e4
Abstract
OBJECTIVE. Brain injuries have been the most common direct cause of death among American football players since the annual recording of football-relatedKeywords
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