Traumatic brain injury in older adults: Characteristics, causes and consequences

Injury

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1821-1826

  Harvey, Lara A ^a   Close, Jacqueline C T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accidents; Epidemiology; Falls; Hospitalisation; Injuries; Older people; Trauma; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; FALLING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; BRAIN INJURIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84866735089     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2012.07.188     Document Type: Article

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