Mild head injury and speed of information processing: A prospective study of professional rugby league players

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 275-289

  Hinton Bayre, Anton D ^a   Geffen, Gina ^a,b   McFarland, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPREHENSION; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RESPONSE TIME; RUGBY; SPORT INJURY; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 0030986791     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01688639708403857     Document Type: Article

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