Traumatic brain injury during Operation Iraqi Freedom: Findings from the United States Navy-Marine Corps Combat Trauma Registry

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 950-957

  Galarneau, Michael R ^a   Woodruff, Susan I ^b   Dye, Judy L ^b   Mohrle, Charlene R ^b   Wade, Amber L ^b  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Navy Marine Corps Combat Trauma Registry; Operation Iraqi Freedom; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BLUNT TRAUMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL FRACTURE; SOLDIER; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NAVAL MEDICINE; REGISTRIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43249084573     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS/2008/108/5/0950     Document Type: Article

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