The burden on families of the brain injured: A review

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 6-15

  Livingston, Martin G ^a   Brooks, D Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; COGNITION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; FAMILY COUNSELING; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIABILITY; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0023757078     PISSN: 08859701     EISSN: 1550509X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001199-198812000-00004     Document Type: Article

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