Readability assessment of concussion and traumatic brain injury publications by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

International Journal of General Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages 923-933

  Gill, Preetinder S ^a   Gill, Tejkaran S ^b   Kamath, Ashwini ^c   Whisnant, Billy ^a  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

CDC health literature; Concussion; Readability; Suitability; Traumatic brain injury; Usability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; DATA ANALYSIS; DOCUMENT EXAMINATION; FLESCH KINCAID GRADE LEVEL; FLESCH READING EASE INDEX; GUNNING FOG INDEX; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLICATION; READABILITY ASSESSMENT; SAM INDEX; SAMPLING; SMOG INDEX; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 84874550354     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11787074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJGM.S37110     Document Type: Article

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