Return to combat duty after concussive blast injury

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 817-827

  Kennedy, Carrie H ^a   Evans, J Porter ^b   Chee, Shawnna ^b   Moore, Jeffrey L ^c   Barth, Jeffrey T ^b   Stuessi, Keith A ^d  

^a Department of Behavioral Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c Naval Operational Medicine Institute   (United States)

^d Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Disorder; Head injury; Posttraumatic stress; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872899809     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acs092     Document Type: Article

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