A Waikato study has revealed that traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are far more common than what was previously thought and that they outrated strokes and heart attacks. Findings reveal that rates of TBI in New Zealand are 790 TBI per 100,000 people per year - a rate that is the highest so far among developed countries. This study helped the researchers from AUT's National Institute for Stroke and Applied Neuroscience to estimate that 36,000 new TBIs were ...Monday, 17 December 2012
Brain Injuries Outrate Strokes, Heart Attacks in NZ
A Waikato study has revealed that traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are far more common than what was previously thought and that they outrated strokes and heart attacks. Findings reveal that rates of TBI in New Zealand are 790 TBI per 100,000 people per year - a rate that is the highest so far among developed countries. This study helped the researchers from AUT's National Institute for Stroke and Applied Neuroscience to estimate that 36,000 new TBIs were ...
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