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. 2016 Apr;51(4):358-60.
doi: 10.4085/1062-6050-51.4.14. Epub 2016 Mar 22.

Sport Safety Policy Changes: Saving Lives and Protecting Athletes

William M Adams  1 , Douglas J Casa  1 , Jonathan A Drezner  2
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Sport Safety Policy Changes: Saving Lives and Protecting Athletes

William M Adams et al. J Athl Train. 2016 Apr.
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Map of the United States portraying those states meeting evidence-based minimum best practices for heat acclimatization. States in gray correspond to those with mandated heat-acclimatization policies for preseason practices and the year in which this policy was mandated. The remaining meet less than the minimum best practices as shown; the total number of recommendations is 7.
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