Hospital admissions with head injury following publication of NICE guidance

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 556-557

  Goodacre, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; ENGLAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 51049088389     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2007.055723     Document Type: Article

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