Does the face protect the brain? A case-control study of traumatic brain injury and facial fractures

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 14-17

  Keenan, Heather T ^a   Brundage, Susan I ^b   Thompson, Diane C ^d   Maier, Ronald V ^b   Rivara, Frederick P ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FACE FRACTURE; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FACIAL BONES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SKULL FRACTURES;

EID: 0032932031     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.134.1.14     Document Type: Article

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