Relationship between mechanism of injury and neurocognitive functioning in OEF/OIF service members with mild traumatic brain injuries

Military Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1157-1160

  Cooper, Douglas B ^a   Chau, Phuong M ^a   Armistead Jehle, Patrick ^b   Vanderploeg, Rodney D ^a,c,d   Bowles, Amy O ^a  

^a SAN ANTONIO MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Munson Army Health Center   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLDIER; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; BLAST INJURIES; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867523838     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-12-00098     Document Type: Review

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