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Match of the decade: risk management of concussion versus high‐speed collisions in the football codes
Author(s) -
Orchard John W
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja15.00533
Subject(s) - football , concussion , citation , american football , library science , computer science , medicine , political science , law , poison control , injury prevention , environmental health
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