Epidemiology of traumatic brain injury

Handbook of Clinical Neurology

Volumn 127, Issue , 2015, Pages 3-13

  Faul, Mark ^a   Coronado, Victor ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer; Costs; Deaths; Disability; Emergency department; Hospitalizations; Mechanism; Race; Rehabilitation; Traumatic brain injury; Trends

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INJURIES; HUMAN; UNITED STATES;

BRAIN INJURIES; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84924955857     PISSN: 00729752     EISSN: 22124152     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52892-6.00001-5     Document Type: Chapter

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