The epidemiological trends of head injury in the largest Canadian adult trauma center from 1986 to 2007: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1502-1509

  Cadotte, David W ^a   Vachhrajani, Shobhan ^a   Pirouzmand, Farhad ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Head injury; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 79958007045     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.12.JNS10808     Document Type: Article

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