Coverage of coma in headlines of US newspapers from 2001 through 2005

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1332-1336

  Wijdicks, Eelco F M ^a   Wijdicks, Marilou F ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AROUSAL; BRAIN DEATH; COMA; COMATOSE PATIENT; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33749239619     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/81.10.1332     Document Type: Article

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