The epidemiology of outpatient visits for minor head injury: 2005 to 2009

Neurosurgery

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 129-134

  Mannix, Rebekah ^a   O'Brien, Michael J ^a,b   Meehan, William P ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Harvard Medical School   (United States)

Author keywords

Concussion; Epidemiology; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINOR HEAD INJURY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PREVALENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880570997     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000429846.14579.41     Document Type: Article

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