Traumatic brain injury among newly admitted adolescents in the New York City jail system

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 615-617

  Kaba, Fatos ^a   Diamond, Pamela ^b   Haque, Alpha ^a   Macdonald, Ross ^a   Venters, Homer ^a  

^a NYC DOHMH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Jail; Traumatic brain injury; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; SCREENING; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VIOLENCE; BRAIN INJURIES; HEALTH STATUS; INJURY SCALE; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; PRISONER; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; PRISONS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84898791050     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: 18791972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2013.12.013     Document Type: Article

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