Accuracy of world-wide-web death searches for persons with traumatic brain injury

Brain Injury

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1155-1162

  DeVivo, Michael J ^a,b   Underhill, Andrea T ^a   Fine, Philip R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; RACE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SECURITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 5644246372     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050410001672323     Document Type: Article

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