A survey of mild traumatic brain injury treatment in the emergency room and primary care medical clinics

Military Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 516-521

  Kennedy, Jan Elizabeth ^a   Lumpkin, Robin James ^a   Grissom, Joyce Rothleder ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCUSSION; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; NECK PAIN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 33745040576     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.171.6.516     Document Type: Article

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