Neuropsychological outcome from blast versus non-blast: Mild traumatic brain injury in U.S. military service members

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 595-605

  Lange, Rael T ^a,b,c   Pancholi, Sonal ^a,d   Brickell, Tracey A ^a,b   Sakura, Sara ^a,b   Bhagwat, Aditya ^a,b,e   Merritt, Victoria ^f   French, Louis M ^a,b,g  

^a Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d FORT BELVOIR COMMUNITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e U S PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Blast injury; Mild traumatic brain injury; Military; Neurocognitive; Psychological outcome; Service members

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861037298     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617712000239     Document Type: Article

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