Descriptive epidemiology of collegiate men's football injuries:​ National Collegiate Athletic Association Injury Surveillance System, 1988–1989 through 2003–2004

Dick, Randall<sup>1</sup>; Ferrara, Michael S.<sup>2</sup>; Agel, Julie<sup>3</sup>; Courson, Ron<sup>2</sup>; Marshall, Stephen W.<sup>4</sup>; Hanley, Michael J.<sup>5</sup>; Reifsteck, Fred<sup>2</sup>

Affiliations

¹National Collegiate Athletic Association, Indianapolis, IN

²University of Georgia, Athens, GA

³University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

⁴University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

⁵East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

Links

PubMed: 17710170

WoS: 000247382300008

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