Minor head injury: Predicting follow-up after discharge from the emergency department

Brain Injury

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 285-294

  Bazarian, Jeff ^a   Hartman, Mary ^a   Delahunta, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0034108918     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026990500120754     Document Type: Article

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