Geographic variation in outcomes from severe traumatic brain injury

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 74, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 331-345

  Georgoff, Patrick ^a   Meghan, Sudha ^a   Mirza, Kasim ^a   Stein, Sherman C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Mortality; Outcomes; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650367806     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2010.03.025     Document Type: Review

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