Do "big guys" really die younger? An examination of height and lifespan in former professional basketball players-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Do "big guys" really die younger? An examination of height and lifespan in former professional basketball players

Published:2017-10-02 Issue:10 Volume:12 Page:e0185617
ISSN:1932-6203
Container-title:PLOS ONE
language:en
Short-container-title:PLoS ONE

Author:

Lemez Srdjan^ORCID,Wattie Nick,Baker Joseph

Publisher

Public Library of Science (PLoS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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