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Original Article

Validity of administrative data for characterizing traumatic brain injury-related hospitalizations

Andrew D Shore Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Melissa L Mccarthy The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Tracey Serpi Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Melanie Gertner Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems, Baltimore, MD, USA
Pages 613-621 | Received 03 Mar 2004, Accepted 07 Sep 2004, Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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