The westmead post-traumatic amnesia scale for children (WPTAS-C) aged 4 and 5 years old

Brain Impairment

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 14-21

  Rocca, Antonella ^a,c   Wallen, Margaret ^a   Batchelor, Jennifer ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Hospital Rd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain injuries; Child; Clinical assessment tools; Posttraumatic amnesia; Preschool

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349826489     PISSN: 14439646     EISSN: 18395252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/brim.9.1.14     Document Type: Article

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