Frequency of mild traumatic brain injury in Iraq and Afghanistan: Are we measuring incidence or prevalence?

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-82

  Rona, Roberto J ^a   Jones, Margaret ^a   Fear, Nicola T ^a   Sundin, Josefin ^a   Hull, Lisa ^a   Wessely, Simon ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

incidence; length deployment; mild traumatic brain injury; prevalence

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRAQ; LENGTH OF DEPLOYMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; BRAIN INJURIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855598124     PISSN: 08859701     EISSN: 1550509X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HTR.0b013e31823029f6     Document Type: Article

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