The epidemiology of traumatic brain injury in Portugal;Epidemiologia dos traumatismos crânio-encefálicos em Portugal

Acta Medica Portuguesa

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 71-76

  Santos, Maria Emília ^a   De Sousa, Liliana ^a   Castro Caldas, Alexandre ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Incidence; Mortality; Traumatic Brain Injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PORTUGAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0038284645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16460758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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