Epidemiology of sudden death in organized school sports in Japan

• Main Authors: Yuri Hosokawa (Author), Yuki Murata (Author), Rebecca L. Stearns (Author), Miwako Suzuki-Yamanaka (Author), Kristen L. Kucera (Author), Douglas J. Casa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Nearly half of the sudden deaths documented in Japanese middle and high school occurred during school organized sport activities. However, no study to date has calculated the incidence rates of these deaths by sport. Therefore, this study aimed to describe the epidemiology of sud...