Former combatants in liberia: The Burden of possible traumatic brain injury among Demobilized combatants

Military Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 531-540

  Johnson, Kirsten ^a   Asher, Jana ^b   Kisielewski, Michael ^b   Lawry, Lynn ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b StatAid   (United States)

^c International Health Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LIBERIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; VETERAN;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LIBERIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860634692     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-11-00185     Document Type: Article

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