Ecological validity in assessment of discourse in traumatic brain injury: Ratings by clinicians and non-clinicians

Brain Injury

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 963-976

  Body, Richard ^a,c   Perkins, Michael R ^b  

^a Comm Brain Inj Rehabilitation Team ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c St Georges Community Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; RATING SCALE; SOCIOLOGY; SPEECH DISORDER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031775731     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026990598122016     Document Type: Article

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