Epidemiology of traumatic brain injury in eastern China, 2004: A prospective large case study

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1313-1319

  Wu, Xing ^a   Hu, Jin ^b   Zhuo, Liangfu ^a   Fu, Chaowei ^c   Hui, Guozhen ^d   Wang, Yehan ^e   Yang, Weizhong ^f   Teng, Liangzhu ^g   Lu, Sitin ^h   Xu, Gengsheng ⁱ  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

ⁱ JIANGXI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Eastern China; Epidemiology; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDESTRIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 43449112979     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318165c803     Document Type: Article

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