Conversational assessment following traumatic brain injury: A comparison across two control groups

Brain Injury

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 409-429

  Snow, Pamela ^a   Douglas, Jacinta ^a   Ponsford, Jennie ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Bethsda Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; EDUCATION; ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030955521     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026990597123403     Document Type: Article

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