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Original Article

The reliability and validity of the Life Satisfaction Index-A with survivors of traumatic brain injury

Steven G. Lobello Auburn University Montgomery, Montgomery, AL, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Andrea T. Underhill Injury Control Research Center, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA
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Philip R. Fine Injury Control Research Center, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA
Pages 1127-1134 | Received 16 Jun 2003, Accepted 20 Jan 2004, Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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