Analysis of US Veterans Health Administration comprehensive evaluations for traumatic brain injury in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom Veterans

Brain Injury

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1177-1184

  Scholten, Joel D ^a,b,c   Sayer, Nina A ^d,e   Vanderploeg, Rodney D ^f,g,h   Bidelspach, Douglas E ^a,b   Cifu, David X ^a,f,i  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f James A Haley VA ^*  (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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

ⁱ VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health services needs and demand; Traumatic brain injury; United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SCREENING; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VETERAN;

EID: 84864846445     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2012.661914     Document Type: Article

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