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Research Article

Are prisoners reliable survey respondents? A validation of self-reported traumatic brain injury (TBI) against hospital medical records

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Pages 74-82 | Received 16 Mar 2010, Accepted 10 Oct 2010, Published online: 30 Nov 2010

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