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The incidence of rugby-related catastrophic injuries (including cardiac events) in South Africa from 2008 to 2011: a cohort study

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  • James Craig Brown UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South AfricaDepartment of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Mike I Lambert UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Evert Verhagen Department of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Clint Readhead South African Rugby Union (SARU), Cape Town, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Willem van Mechelen UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South AfricaDepartment of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Wayne Viljoen South African Rugby Union (SARU), Cape Town, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to James Craig Brown; jamesbrown06{at}gmail.com
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Brown JC, Lambert MI, Verhagen E, et al
The incidence of rugby-related catastrophic injuries (including cardiac events) in South Africa from 2008 to 2011: a cohort study
BMJ Open 2013;3:e002475. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002475

Publication history

  • Received December 10, 2012
  • Revised January 22, 2013
  • Accepted January 28, 2013
  • First published February 26, 2013.
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October 25, 2017
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