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Swedish Society for Physical Activity and Sports Medicine: a long history of excellence in sport and exercise medicine
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  1. Magnus Forssblad1,
  2. Karim Khan2
  1. 1President of the Swedish Association for Physical Activity and Sports Medicine and Stockholm Sports Trauma Research Center, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
  2. 2British Journal of Sports Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  1. Correspondence to Dr Karim Khan, President of the Swedish Association for Physical Activity and Sports Medicine and Stockholm Sports Trauma Research Center, Karolinska Institutet, UBC, Centre for Hip Health and Mobility, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z3; karim.khan{at}ubc.ca

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2016-097093

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