Trends in the incidence of physician-diagnosed mild traumatic brain injury among active duty U.S. military personnel between 1997 and 2007

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1313-1321

  Cameron, Kenneth L ^a   Marshall, Stephen W ^c   Sturdivant, Rodney X ^b   Lincoln, Andrew E ^d  

^a KELLER ARMY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d MEDSTAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

epidemiology; mild traumatic brain injury; military; trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLDIER; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; BLAST INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAQ WAR, 2003 - 2011; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860272904     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2011.2168     Document Type: Article

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