Epidemiology of Traumatic Brain Injury in Europe: A Living Systematic Review

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2021, Pages 1411-1440

  Brazinova, Alexandra ^a   Rehorcikova, Veronika ^a   Taylor, Mark S ^a   Buckova, Veronika ^a   Majdan, Marek ^a   Psota, Marek ^a   Peeters, Wouter ^b   Feigin, Valery ^c   Theadom, Alice ^c   Holkovic, Lubomir ^a   Synnot, Anneliese ^d,e  

^a TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

epidemiology; living systematic review; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CASE FATALITY RATE; CHECKLIST; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; MORTALITY RATE; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREND STUDY; FEMALE; MALE;

BRAIN INJURIES, TRAUMATIC; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE;

EID: 85105758829     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2015.4126     Document Type: Review

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