Mild head injury: A misnomer

Brain Injury

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 463-475

  Tellier, Andrée ^b   Della Malva, Lori C ^a   Cwinn, Adam ^c   Grahovac, Steve ^c   Morrish, W ^c   Brennan Barnes, Maureen ^c  

^a Rehabilitation Center   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0032773392     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026990599121386     Document Type: Article

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