Outcome after mild traumatic brain injury: An examination of recruitment bias

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-43

  McCullagh, Scott ^a   Feinstein, A ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; BRAIN INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SELECTION BIAS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 0037224815     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.74.1.39     Document Type: Article

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