Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 57, Issue 11 , Pages 1202-1209 , November 2004

A population survey found an association between self-reports of traumatic brain injury and increased psychiatric symptoms

,Accepted 3 November 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2003.11.011

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 57, Issue 11 , Pages 1202-1209 , November 2004