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A retrospective cohort study of comorbidity trajectories associated with traumatic brain injury in veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars

Mary Jo PughSouth Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, TX, USA;Department of Epidemiology and BiostatisticsCorrespondence[email protected]
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Erin P. FinleySouth Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, TX, USA;Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA
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Chen-Pin WangDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
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Laurel A. CopelandCenter for Applied Health Research, Central Texas Veterans Health with Baylor Scott & White, Temple, TX, USA;Texas A&M Health Science Center, Department of Medicine, Bryan, TX, USA
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Carlos A. JaramilloSouth Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, TX, USA
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Alicia A. SwanSouth Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, TX, USA;Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA
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Christine A. ElnitskyUniversity of North Carolina, School of Nursing, College of Health and Human Services, Charlotte, NC, USA
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Luci K. LeykumSouth Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, TX, USA;Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA
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Eric M. MortensenDivision of General Internal Medicine, VA North Texas Health Care System, Dallas, TX, USA;Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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Blessen A. EapenSouth Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, TX, USA
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Polly H. NoelSouth Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, TX, USA;Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA
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Jacqueline A. PughSouth Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, TX, USA;Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA
& The TRACC Research Team show all
Pages 1481-1490 | Received 25 Feb 2016, Accepted 25 Jul 2016, Published online: 11 Nov 2016

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