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Traumatic Brain Injury: Hope Through Research

Internet URL

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/tbi/detail_tbi.htm  

Sponsoring Agency

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health

Description

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major public health problem, especially among male adolescents and young adults ages 15 to 24, and among elderly people of both sexes 75 years and older. Children aged 5 and younger are also at high risk for TBI.

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Review Date

1/26/2007

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