title: [Epidemiology of traumatic head injuries].
abstract: Head injuries are a major public health problem the incidence of which is difficult to compare across the world. Accidents on the public highway, falls and assaults are the most frequent etiologies. The financial and social cost is significant and underestimated.
authors.affiliation: Service de neurochirurgie, LaTIM U 1101, CHRU Brest. romuald.seizeur@chu-brest.fr
authors.forename: Romuald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Seizeur
authors.forename: Valérie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Seguen
mesh_terms: D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D015995:Prevalence