Comparison of mortality following hospitalisation for isolated head injury in England and Wales, and Victoria, Australia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Gabbe, Belinda J ^a,b   Lyons, Ronan A ^c   Lecky, Fiona E ^d,e   Bouamra, Omar ^d   Woodford, Maralyn ^d   Coats, Timothy J ^d,f   Cameron, Peter A ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED KINGDOM; BRAIN INJURY; HEAD INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

AUSTRALIA; BRAIN INJURIES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VICTORIA; WALES;

EID: 79957827573     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020545     Document Type: Article

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