National prevalence rates of traumatic brain injury among adults: The Canadian household and institutional health and activity limitation surveys, 1986-1987

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 219-228

  Willer, Barry ^a,b   Moscato, Beth Steger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Ontario Brain Injury Association   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain injuries; Disability; Epidemiology; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CANADA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0029968064     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1053-8135(96)00168-0     Document Type: Article

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