The epidemiology of hospital-referred head injury in Northern Norway

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 139-146

  Ingebrigtsen, Tor ^a   Mortensen, Kim ^a   Romner, Bertil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Head injury; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CHILD; FALLING; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0031859091     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000026165     Document Type: Article

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