Impact of age on functional outcome following traumatic brain injury

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 22-31

  Reeder, Kenneth P ^a,b   Rosenthal, Mitchell ^a   Lichtenberg, Peter ^a   Wood, Deborah ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RATING SCALE; RECREATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REHABILITATION; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; SOCIAL WORK; SPEECH THERAPY; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

EID: 0030004177     PISSN: 08859701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001199-199606000-00006     Document Type: Article

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