Changing patterns in the epidemiology of traumatic brain injury

Nature Reviews Neurology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 231-236

  Roozenbeek, Bob ^a   Maas, Andrew I R ^b   Menon, David K ^c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCUSSION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FALLING; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BRAIN INJURIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84877578442     PISSN: 17594758     EISSN: 17594766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneurol.2013.22     Document Type: Article

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