Increasing quality of life and awareness of deficits in persons with traumatic brain injury: A pilot study

Journal of Rehabilitation

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 50-56

  Chandrashekar, Rupa ^a   Benshoff, John J ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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