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Emerging technology snapshot : mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) prevention.: NR16-279/2019E-PDF

"Mild TBIs (mTBIs) often occur due to an injury to the head as a result of contact and/or acceleration/deceleration of forces acting on the brain. While typically benign, mTBI has a complex etiology, various symptoms, and a risk of short- and long-term sequelae. Most mTBI studies discuss diagnosis; with limited understanding of mechanisms and risk factors, the corpus of knowledge on prevention is much smaller, and is based mainly on sports/vehicular injuries and protective gear"--page 1.

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Department/Agency
  • National Research Council Canada.
TitleEmerging technology snapshot : mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) prevention.
Publication typeMonograph
Language[English]
Other language editions[French]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • Issued also in French under title: Technologie émergente en bref : prévention des traumatismes cérébraux légers (TCL).
  • Caption title.
Publishing information
  • [Ottawa] : National Research Council Canada = Conseil national de recherches Canada, 2019.
  • ©2019
Description1 online resource (2 pages)
ISBN9780660309675
Catalogue number
  • NR16-279/2019E-PDF
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