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Sports Performance

Trends in aggressive play and refereeing among the top five European soccer leagues

Ryan M. SappDepartment of Kinesiology, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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Espen E. SpangenburgDepartment of Physiology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina Diabetes and Obesity Institute, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA
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James M. HagbergDepartment of Kinesiology, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1346-1354 | Accepted 29 Aug 2017, Published online: 12 Sep 2017

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