The Growing Public Health Concern of Sports Concussion: The New Psychology Practice Frontier

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 699-704

  Moser, Rosemarie Scolaro ^a  

^a RSM Psychology Center

Author keywords

brain; concussion; sports; testing; youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 38649115320     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7028.38.6.699     Document Type: Article

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