Long-term mortality trends in functionally-dependent adults following severe traumatic-brain injury

Brain Injury

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 919-925

  Baguley, Ian J ^a   Nott, Melissa T ^a   Slewa Younan, Shameran ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Life expectancy; Mortality; Severe disability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL TIME; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREND STUDY;

EID: 56349121214     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050802448578     Document Type: Article

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