Who gets recruited in mild traumatic brain injury research?

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-16

  Luoto, Teemu M ^a   Tenovuo, Olli ^b   Kataja, Anneli ^a   Brander, Antti ^a   Öhman, Juha ^a   Iverson, Grant L ^c  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

head trauma; selection bias; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FINLAND; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871502735     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2012.2611     Document Type: Article

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