Fatal traumatic brain injury, West Virginia, 1989-1998

Public Health Reports

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 486-492

  Adekoya, Nelson ^a   Majumder, Ranjit ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FALLING; FATALITY; FEMALE; FIREARM; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENSUSES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS (U.S.); SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 4544343302     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phr.2004.07.006     Document Type: Article

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