Deaths triple among football players, morning temperatures thought to play a role
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 - 03:00
in Health & Medicine
Heat-related deaths among football players across the country tripled to nearly three per year between 1994 and 2009 after averaging about one per year the previous 15 years, according to an analysis...
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