Neurobehavioral outcomes of pediatric mild traumatic brain injury

Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: New Frontiers in Clinical and Translational Research

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 94-117

  Kirkwood, Michael W ^a   Yeates, Keith Owen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511676383.007     Document Type: Chapter

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