Use of injury severity variables in determining disability and community integration after traumatic brain injury

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 411-419

  Wagner, Amy Kathleen ^a,c   Hammond, Flora McConnell ^a   Sasser, Howell Crawford ^b   Wiercisiewski, David ^a   Norton, Harry James ^b  

^a Charlotte Institute of Rehabilitation   (United States)

^b Carolinas Health Care System   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community integration; Disability; Injury severity; Outcome; Trauma scores; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTEGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033781903     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200009000-00005     Document Type: Article

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