Prevalence of traumatic brain injury amongst children admitted to hospital in one health district: A population-based study

Injury

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 256-260

  Hawley, Carol A ^a   Ward, Anthony B ^b   Long, Julie ^b   Owen, David W ^a   Magnay, Andrew R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b HAYWOOD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; DEATH; FALLING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REGISTER; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 0037401331     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(02)00193-6     Document Type: Article

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