Cognitive and self-reported psychological outcomes of blast-induced mild traumatic brain injury in veterans: A preliminary study

Applied Neuropsychology:Adult

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 79-87

  Bolzenius, Jacob D ^a   Roskos, P Tyler ^b   Salminen, Lauren E ^a   Paul, Robert H ^a   Bucholz, Richard D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

blast injury; cognition; mild TBI; PTSD; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLAST INJURY; BRAIN INJURY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPLICATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT; VETERAN; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; BLAST INJURIES; BRAIN INJURIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SELF REPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924978037     PISSN: 23279095     EISSN: 23279109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23279095.2013.845823     Document Type: Article

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