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Brain Injury is a Major Problem in Canada and Annual Incidence is Not Declining

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2016

Charles H. Tator
Charles H. Tator*
Affiliation:
Toronto Western Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 37 , Issue 6 , November 2010 , pp. 714 - 715
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