Prognosis following head injury: A survey of doctors from developing and developed countries

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 464-465

  Perel, Pablo ^a   Wasserberg, Jonathan ^b   Ravi, Ramalingam R ^c   Shakur, Haleema ^a   Edwards, Phil ^a   Roberts, Ian ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Medical Trust Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 34249006847     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2006.00713.x     Document Type: Article

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