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Failure to Participate in Sports: An Evaluation of Preparticipation Physicals in a Local School District

Namita Bhardwaj, Grant S. Pierre, Alexandra P. Halloran, Taylor C. Alexander, Stacy H. Leung, Yu Lu and Kendall M. Campbell
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine October 2023, jabfm.2023.230098R1; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2023.230098R1
Namita Bhardwaj
From the Department of Family Medicine, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX (NB, TCA, SHL, KMC), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX (NB), Department of Family Medicine, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA (GSP), Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX (APH), Department of Health and Exercise Science, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (YL).
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Grant S. Pierre
From the Department of Family Medicine, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX (NB, TCA, SHL, KMC), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX (NB), Department of Family Medicine, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA (GSP), Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX (APH), Department of Health and Exercise Science, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (YL).
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Alexandra P. Halloran
From the Department of Family Medicine, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX (NB, TCA, SHL, KMC), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX (NB), Department of Family Medicine, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA (GSP), Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX (APH), Department of Health and Exercise Science, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (YL).
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Taylor C. Alexander
From the Department of Family Medicine, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX (NB, TCA, SHL, KMC), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX (NB), Department of Family Medicine, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA (GSP), Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX (APH), Department of Health and Exercise Science, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (YL).
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Stacy H. Leung
From the Department of Family Medicine, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX (NB, TCA, SHL, KMC), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX (NB), Department of Family Medicine, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA (GSP), Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX (APH), Department of Health and Exercise Science, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (YL).
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Yu Lu
From the Department of Family Medicine, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX (NB, TCA, SHL, KMC), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX (NB), Department of Family Medicine, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA (GSP), Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX (APH), Department of Health and Exercise Science, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (YL).
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Kendall M. Campbell
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Namita Bhardwaj, Grant S. Pierre, Alexandra P. Halloran, Taylor C. Alexander, Stacy H. Leung, Yu Lu, Kendall M. Campbell
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Oct 2023, jabfm.2023.230098R1; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2023.230098R1

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Namita Bhardwaj, Grant S. Pierre, Alexandra P. Halloran, Taylor C. Alexander, Stacy H. Leung, Yu Lu, Kendall M. Campbell
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Oct 2023, jabfm.2023.230098R1; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2023.230098R1
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