Citation

Feudtner C, Miles SH. JAMA Pediatr. 2018; 172(5): 492-494.

Affiliation

Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, American Medical Association)

DOI

10.1001/jamapediatrics.2017.5242

PMID

29532090

Abstract

Decreasing numbers of adolescent boys participating in high school tackle football, as reported by news outlets, may be because of increasing concerns about football-associated health risks, including progressive chronic traumatic encephalopathy.1-3 Evidence of an association between decreasing participation of adolescent boys in high school tackle football and news reports about traumatic brain injury has not been specifically examined...

Keywords: American football

Language: en