Head injury in urban and rural populations in a developing country

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 469-472

  Chiu, Wen Ta ^a   Hung, Ching Chang ^b   Le, Liang Shong ^c   Lin, Lieh Sheng ^d   Shih, Chun Jen ^e   Laporte, Ronald E ^f  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e Executive Office of the President   (Taiwan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Head injury; Traffic accident

Indexed keywords

EID: 10644259608     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-5868(97)90037-0     Document Type: Article

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