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Association between insulin-like growth factor I and bone mineral density in older women and men: the Framingham Heart StudyJ A Langlois
Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry Program, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 83:4257-62. 1998..These results indicate that higher IGF-I levels are associated with greater BMD in very old women, and suggest that future clinical trials employing GH may have a role in the development of treatments for older women with osteoporosis...
Tracking the silent epidemic and educating the public: CDC's traumatic brain injury-associated activities under the TBI Act of 1996 and the Children's Health Act of 2000Jean A Langlois
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
J Head Trauma Rehabil 20:196-204. 2005..This article describes how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention responded to the legislation in 2 key areas: traumatic brain injury surveillance, and education and awareness...
The incidence of traumatic brain injury among children in the United States: differences by raceJean A Langlois
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
J Head Trauma Rehabil 20:229-38. 2005..Few other studies have reported the incidence of TBI in this population by race...
Characteristics and behaviours associated with difficulty in performing activities of daily living among older New Zealand womenJ A Langlois
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Atlanta, USA
Disabil Rehabil 21:365-71. 1999....
Weight loss from maximum body weight among middle-aged and older white women and the risk of hip fracture: the NHANES I epidemiologic follow-up studyJ A Langlois
Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry Program, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Osteoporos Int 12:763-8. 2001..Weight loss of 10% or more from maximum weight among both middle-aged and older women is an important indicator of hip fracture risk...
Diabetes and physical disability among older U.S. adultsE W Gregg
Division of Diabetes Translation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Diabetes Care 23:1272-7. 2000..To estimate the prevalence of physical disability associated with diabetes among U.S. adults > or =60 years of age...
Incidence of long-term disability following traumatic brain injury hospitalization, United States, 2003Anbesaw W Selassie
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
J Head Trauma Rehabil 23:123-31. 2008..The regression coefficients were applied to the 2003 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project-Nationwide Inpatient Sample data to estimate the incidence of long-term disability following traumatic brain injury hospitalization...
Incidence of traumatic brain injury in the United States, 2003Wesley Rutland-Brown
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Injury Response, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
J Head Trauma Rehabil 21:544-8. 2006..Findings were similar to those from previous years in which rates of TBI were highest for young children (aged 0-4) and men, and the leading causes of TBI were falls and motor vehicle traffic...
A population-based outcomes study of persons hospitalized with traumatic brain injury: operations of the South Carolina Traumatic Brain Injury Follow-up RegistryE Elisabeth Pickelsimer
Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, and Epidemiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
J Head Trauma Rehabil 21:491-504. 2006..To describe the design and operations of the South Carolina Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Follow-up Registry...
"Help seniors live better, longer: prevent brain injury": an overview of CDC's education initiative to prevent fall-related TBI among older adultsKelly Sarmiento
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
J Head Trauma Rehabil 23:164-7. 2008..Despite this burden, many older adults, their caregivers, and professionals are not aware of the importance of TBI as an outcome of falls among older adults...
Violence, abuse, and neglect among people with traumatic brain injuriesAudrey A Reichard
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Injury Response, Atlanta, GA, USA
J Head Trauma Rehabil 22:390-402. 2007..Violence, abuse, and neglect (VAN) among people with physical and other disabilities has been reported; however, little is known about VAN experiences among people with traumatic brain injuries (TBI)...
Traumatic brain injury hospitalizations among American Indians/Alaska NativesWesley Rutland-Brown
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
J Head Trauma Rehabil 20:205-14. 2005....
Fatal crashes among older drivers: decomposition of rates into contributing factorsAnn M Dellinger
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Am J Epidemiol 155:234-41. 2002..The decomposition methodology was shown to be a useful method for investigating the potential benefit of crash prevention interventions aimed at different components of the fatal crash involvement rate...
Disability among adults injured in motor-vehicle crashes in the United StatesRuth A Shults
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
J Safety Res 35:447-52. 2004..Little population-based information exists about the long-term effects of motor-vehicle crash-related injuries...
The public health approach to traumatic brain injury: an overview of CDC's research and programsSue Binder
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30319, USA
J Head Trauma Rehabil 20:189-95. 2005..The public health model provides a useful framework for identifying important efforts needed to reduce the impact of this potentially disabling injury...
Self-reported psychosocial health among adults with traumatic brain injuryMelissa L McCarthy
Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21209, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 87:953-61. 2006..To measure the subjective psychosocial health of a population-based sample of adults with traumatic brain injury (TBI)...
Improving identification of traumatic brain injury after nonmilitary bomb blastsWesley Rutland-Brown
Division of Injury Response, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
J Head Trauma Rehabil 23:84-91. 2008..To improve identification of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in survivors of nonmilitary bomb blasts during the acute care phase...
Traumatic brain injury-related hospital discharges. Results from a 14-state surveillance system, 1997Jean A Langlois
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC, USA
MMWR Surveill Summ 52:1-20. 2003..Population-based information regarding TBI hospitalizations can be useful in assessing the effect of prevention efforts and planning for the service needs of persons with TBI...
Employment after traumatic brain injury: differences between men and womenJohn D Corrigan
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 88:1400-9. 2007..To determine whether there are sex differences in employment 1 year after traumatic brain injury...
Traumatic brain injuries after mass-casualty incidents: lessons from the 11 September 2001 World Trade Center attacksWesley Rutland Brown
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Injury Response, Atlanta, Georgia 30341 3724, USA
Prehosp Disaster Med 22:157-64. 2007..Research on previous bombings and explosions has shown that head injuries, including traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), are among the most common injuries...
Linking people with traumatic brain injury to services: successes and challenges in ColoradoPat L Sample
Department of Occupational Therapy, Colorado State University, Ft Collins, CO 80523, USA
J Head Trauma Rehabil 20:270-8. 2005....
Traumatic brain injury in the United States: research and programs of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Jean A Langlois
Issue Editors, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
J Head Trauma Rehabil 20:187-8. 2005
The epidemiology and impact of traumatic brain injury: a brief overviewJean A Langlois
Division of Injury Response, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA30341, USA
J Head Trauma Rehabil 21:375-8. 2006..The estimated 5.3 million Americans living with TBI-related disability face numerous challenges in their efforts to return to a full and productive life. This article presents an overview of the epidemiology and impact of TBI...
Risk of posthospitalization mortality among persons with traumatic brain injury, South Carolina 1999-2001Anbesaw Wolde Selassie
Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, and Epidemiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
J Head Trauma Rehabil 20:257-69. 2005..The mortality experience of the cohort was also compared with that of the general population by using standardized mortality ratios for selected causes of death by age, adjusted for race and sex...
