A review of the international brain research foundation novel approach to mild traumatic brain injury presented at the international conference on behavioral health and traumatic brain injury

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 504-509

  Polito, Mary Zemyan ^a   Thompson, James W G ^a   DeFina, Philip A ^a  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive functions; Neuroscience; Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Predictors; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NEUROSCIENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; NEUROSCIENCES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 77956423953     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2010.00540.x     Document Type: Article

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