Traumatic brain injury occurring at work

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 269-278

  Kim, Hwan ^a,b   Colantonio, Angela ^a   Chipman, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Epidemiology; Occupational; Ontario Trauma Registry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WORKPLACE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRAIN INJURY; CANADA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ONTARIO; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249849912     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/nre-2006-21402     Document Type: Article

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