Beliefs about brain injury in Britain

Brain Injury

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 797-801

  Chapman, Rowena C G ^a   Hudson, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Media influence; Misconceptions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MEMORY DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77952283122     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699051003709607     Document Type: Article

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