Assessment of acute concussion in the combat environment

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 375-388

  Kelly, Mark P ^a   Coldren, Rodney L ^b,e   Parish, Robert V ^a,f   Dretsch, Michael N ^c   Russell, Michael L ^d,g  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Dir of Epidemiol/Dis Surveillance   (United States)

^c Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory   (United States)

^d Staff for Health Policy and Services Headquarters   (United States)

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

^f Landstuhl Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^g U S ARMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated Neuropsychological Assessment Metrics; Combat; Concussion; Military; Neuropsychological testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863216017     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acs036     Document Type: Article

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