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Chapter 11 - Concussion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2016

By
Melissa D. Leber
Edited by
Anna L. Waterbrook
Anna L. Waterbrook
Affiliation:
University of Arizona
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Sports Medicine for the Emergency Physician
A Practical Handbook
 , pp. 357 - 366
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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McCrea, M, Guskiewicz, KM, Marshall, SW, Barr, W, Randolph, C, Cantu, RC, et al.. Acute effects and recovery time following concussion in collegiate football players: The NCAA Concussion Study. JAMA 2003 Nov 19;290(19):2556–2563.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
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