Jeffrey S. Markowitz

Mortality and Its Risk Factors Among Professional Athletes (eBook, PDF)

A Comparison Between Former NBA and NFL Players

• Format: PDF

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland
• Seitenzahl: 133
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. März 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783319772035
• Artikelnr.: 56792127

Autorenporträt

Jeffrey S. Markowitz, DrPH, is an epidemiologist who has authored two books, Pigskin Crossroads: The Epidemiology of Concussions in the National Football League (NFL), 2010-2012 (2013), and Lost Seasons: Arrests, Suspensions, Career Chaos, and Mortality Among National Football League (NFL) Players (2016). From 1983 to 1992, Dr. Markowitz was an adjunct assistant professor of Public Health at the School of Public Health at Columbia University in New York, NY, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction.- Literature Review.- Methods.- Description of Study Cohort.- Race.- Birthplace Region.- Body Mass Index (BMI).- Player Position.- NBA/NFL Playing Experience.- Multivariate Analyses of Independent Risk Factors for Mortality.- Comparisons between Former NBA and NFL Players and the US General Population.- Conclusions and Implications.