A call to capture fatalities in consensus statements for sports injury/illness surveillance

Br J Sports Med. 2017 Jul;51(14):1052-1053. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2017-097488. Epub 2017 Jan 30.

Authors

Lauren V Fortington¹, Kristen L Kucera², Caroline F Finch¹

Affiliations

¹ Australian Collaboration for Research into Injury in Sport and its Prevention (ACRISP), Federation University Australia, Ballarat, Australia.
² Department of Exercise and Sport Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.

PMID: 28137788
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2017-097488

No abstract available

Keywords: Consensus statement; Death; Epidemiology; Injury prevention; Surveillance.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Athletic Injuries / epidemiology*
Athletic Injuries / mortality*
Consensus
Humans
Sports Medicine