Cognitive dysfunction after closed head injury: Contributions of demographic, injury severity and other factors

Applied Neuropsychology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-47

  Smith Seemiller, Laura ^a,b   Lovell, Mark R ^a   Smith, Stanley S ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Four Allegheny Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood alcohol level; Demographics; Head injury; Prediction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013643526     PISSN: 09084282     EISSN: 15324826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324826an0301_6     Document Type: Article

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