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Author Omalu, Bennet.

Title Play hard die young : football dementia, depression and death / Bennet Omalu.

Imprint Lodi, Calif. : Neo-Forenxis Books, c2008.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  617.1027 Om1p 2008    ---  Missing
Description 163 p. ; 23 cm.
Note Includes index.
Contents pt. 1. My professional opinion -- 1. It took us by surprise! -- 2. Why would a football player suffer from dementia and major depression? -- 3. What two and one-tenth brains taught us about dementia and suicide -- 4. The response of the National Football League -- 5. What do football players know about concussions? 6. Depression : neurology and family factors -- 7. What should we do? -- pt. 2. The lives and fates of three football players -- 8. Michael "Iron Mike" Webster -- 9. Terry "T-bone" Long -- 10. Andre "Spanky" Waters -- Epilogue -- 11. Why this book was written -- Afterword -- Glossary -- Index -- About the author.
Subject Football injuries.
Sports injuries.
Football players -- Mental health.
Brain -- Concussion.
Brain -- Concussion -- Complications.
Depression, Mental.
ISBN 9780980039504
0980039509

 
    
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