Structure of attention in children with traumatic brain injury

Applied Neuropsychology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-10

  Park, Brandon S ^a   Allen, Daniel N ^a   Barney, Sally J ^a   Ringdahl, Erik N ^a   Mayfield, Joan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b BAYLOR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Attention; Children; CPT; Factor analysis; Trail making; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 60549094449     PISSN: 09084282     EISSN: 15324826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09084280802636371     Document Type: Article

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