The epidemiology of head injury: A PROSPECTIVE study OF an ENTIRE community-san DIEGO county, california, 1978

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 1981, Pages 500-509

  Klauber, Melville R ^a   Barrett Connor, Elizabeth ^a   Marshall, Lawrence F ^b   Bowers, Sharon A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Automobiles; Head injuries; Mortality

Indexed keywords

BONE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEAD INJURY; INJURY; MOTORCYCLE; SHORT SURVEY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MINNESOTA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0019515006     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a113125     Document Type: Article

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