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Cantu RC. “Athletic concussion: Current understanding as of 2007,” Neurosurgery (June 2007), Vol. 60, No.7, pp. 963-4.

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Lynch NA, et al. ”Older Elite Football Players Have Reduced Cardiac and Osteoporosis Risk Factors,” Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise (2007), Vol. 39, No. 7, pp. 1124-1130.

Mihalik JP, et al. “Measurement of head impacts in collegiate football players: An investigation of positional and event-type differences,” Neurosurgery (December 2007), Vol. 61, No. 6, pp. 1229-1235.

Mihalik JP, et al. “Effectiveness of mouthguards in reducing neurocognitive deficits following sports-related cerebral concussion,” Dental Traumatology (February 2007), Vol. 23, No. 1, pp. 14-20.

Schwenk TL, et al. “Depression and Pain in Retired Professional Football Players,” Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise (2007), Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 599-605.