Spinal cord injury incidence in Mississippi: A capture-recapture approach

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 502-504

  Surkin, Joseph ^a   Smith, Melissa ^a   Penman, Alan ^a   Currier, Mary ^a   Harkey III, H Louis ^b   Chang, Yue Fang ^c,d  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Capture recapture; Incidence; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031691239     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199809000-00012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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