Head injuries in Papua New Guinea

Papua and New Guinea Medical Journal

Volumn , Issue 2, 1996, Pages 100-104

  Liko, O ^a   Chalau, P ^a   Rosenfeld, J V ^a   Watters, D A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW GUINEA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030154051     PISSN: 00311480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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