Demographical profiles of adult severe traumatic brain injury patients: Implications for healthcare planning

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-36

  Lee, Kah Keow ^a   Seow, W T ^a   Ng, I ^a  

^a NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Accidents; Brain injury; Motor vehicle accidents; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOREIGN WORKER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; SINGAPORE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE;

EID: 30544446713     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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