Traumatic Brain Injury in Older Adults-A Public Health Perspective

Dana Waltzman¹, Juliet Haarbauer-Krupa¹, Lindsay S Womack^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Injury Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
² Public Health Service, Rockville, Maryland.

Dana Waltzman et al. JAMA Neurol. 2022.

. 2022 May 1;79(5):437-438.

doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.0114.

Dana Waltzman¹, Juliet Haarbauer-Krupa¹, Lindsay S Womack^{1

2}

¹ Division of Injury Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
² Public Health Service, Rockville, Maryland.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

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