Traumatic brain injury hospitalizations of U.S. army soldiers deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Wojcik, Barbara E ^a   Stein, Catherine R ^a   Bagg, Karen ^a   Humphrey, Rebecca J ^a   Orosco, Jason ^b  

^a US Army Medical Department Center & School   (United States)

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARMY; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN INJURY; HEALTH SURVEY; HELMET; INJURY SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SEX RATIO; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN; BRAIN INJURIES; COMBAT DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949707752     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2009.10.006     Document Type: Article

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