Mild head injury in New Zealand: Incidence of injury and persisting symptoms

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 1062, 1998, Pages 99-101

  Wrightson, Philip ^a,b   Gronwall, Dorothy ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032571041     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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