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Global, regional, and national burden of traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) and spinal cord injury (SCI) are increasingly recognised as global health priorities in view of the preventability of most injuries and the complex and expensive medical care they necessitate. We aimed to measure the incidence, prevalence, and years of life lived with disability (YLDs) for TBI and SCI from all causes of injury in every country, to describe how these measures have changed between 1990 and …

Authors

James SL; Theadom A; Ellenbogen RG; Bannick MS; Montjoy-Venning W; Lucchesi LR; Abbasi N; Abdulkader R; Abraha HN; Adsuar JC

Journal

The Lancet Neurology, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 56–87

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

January 2019

DOI

10.1016/s1474-4422(18)30415-0

ISSN

1474-4422