Gender differences in executive functions following traumatic brain injury

Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 293-313

  Niemeier, Janet P ^a,c   Marwitz, Jennifer H ^a   Lesher, Katrina ^a   Walker, William C ^a   Bushnik, Tamara ^b  

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

^b SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; COMA; CONVALESCENCE; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN INJURIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 34247567911     PISSN: 09602011     EISSN: 14640694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09602010600814729     Document Type: Article

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