Roger Trent

Biographic Data

ID6064588
NAMERoger Trent
GIVEN NAMESRoger
FAMILY NAMETrent
SIGNATURETRENT R
AFFILIATIONSCalifornia Department of Public Health
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2004
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2009
H-INDEX0

  • The 2006 California Heat Wave

    Open AccessKim Knowlton, Miriam Rotkin-Ellman et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Health Perspectives2009

    BACKGROUND: Climate models project that heat waves will increase in frequency and severity. Despite many studies of mortality from heat waves, few studies have examined morbidity. OBJECTIVES: In this study we investigated whether any age or race/ethnicity groups experienced increased hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) visits overall or for selected illnesses during the 2006 California heat wave. METHODS: We aggregated county-level hos…

  • Epidemiology of Hospitalizations Resulting From Dog Bites in California, 1991–1998

    Katherine A Feldman, Roger Trent et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2004References: 6

    We used population-based hospital discharge data to describe hospitalizations resulting from dog bites in California from 1991 through 1998, when there were 6676 such hospitalizations (average 835 per year; range 732 to 930), and the annual cumulative incidence for all ages was 2.6 per 100 000. Children had more than twice the risk of adults, and Asians had lower rates than Whites. Children aged 0 to 9 years were more likely to suffer wounds to t…