Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 3 , Pages e10-e15, September 2009

The Association Between Roofing Material and Head Injuries During the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake in China

  • Lei Wang, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Fourth Military Medical University, School of Stomatology, Xi'an, PR China
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  • De-lin Lei, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Fourth Military Medical University, School of Stomatology, Xi'an, PR China
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  • Li-sheng He, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Fourth Military Medical University, School of Stomatology, Xi'an, PR China
    • ,
  • Yan-pu Liu, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Fourth Military Medical University, School of Stomatology, Xi'an, PR China
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  • Yong Long, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, PR China
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  • Jian Cao, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Fourth Military Medical University, School of Stomatology, Xi'an, PR China
    • ,
  • Meng Cao, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthodontics, Fourth Military Medical University, School of Stomatology, Xi'an, PR China
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  • Jian-hua Wei, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Fourth Military Medical University, School of Stomatology, Xi'an, PR China
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  • Yi-min Zhao, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Prosthodontics, Fourth Military Medical University, School of Stomatology, Xi'an, PR China
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Yi-min Zhao, PhD, Fourth Military Medical University, School of Stomatology, 145 West Chang Le Road, Xi'an 710032, PR China; 86-29-84776001, fax 86-29-83223047

Received 29 August 2008; received in revised form 4 November 2008 and 27 January 2009; accepted 30 March 2009. published online 27 April 2009.

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 Supervising editor: Robert A. De Lorenzo, MD, MSM

 Author contributions: YMZ conceived of the idea for the article and obtained research funding. LW, DLL, and YPL reviewed the literature on the subject. LW, DLL, JC, and JHW undertook the collection of the data; DLL chaired the data oversight committee. LW, DLL, and LSH wrote and reviewed the article, as well as the references and the tables. YL and MC provided statistical advice and analyzed the data. LW and DLL contributed equally to this work and should be regarded as joint first authors. LW and YMZ take responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article that might create any potential conflict of interest. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement. This study was funded by a grant from the Army of China (to Dr. Yi-min Zhao).

 Publication date: Available online April 24, 2009.

 Reprints not available from authors.

PII: S0196-0644(09)00362-X

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.03.028

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 3 , Pages e10-e15, September 2009

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