Kinship and family members' psychological distress after traumatic brain injury: A large sample study

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 14-26

  Gervasio, Amy Herstein ^b   Kreutzer, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CAREGIVER; COMA; DATA BASE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELATIVE; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS;

EID: 0030850892     PISSN: 08859701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001199-199706000-00003     Document Type: Article

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