Urban and rural traumatic brain injuries in Colorado

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 207-212

  Gabella, Barbara ^a   Hoffman, Richard E ^a   Marine, William W ^b   Stallones, Lorann ^c  

^a Dis Contr Environ Epidemiol Div ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

head injuries; mortality rates; Rural population; surveillance; urban population

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEAD INJURY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLORADO; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0030973205     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(96)00150-0     Document Type: Article

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