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Behavioural Neurology
Volume 2016, Article ID 8026414, 10 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8026414
Clinical Study

Predictors for Return to Work in Subjects with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Eirik Vikane,1,2 Torgeir Hellstrøm,3 Cecilie Røe,3,4 Erik Bautz-Holter,3,4 Jörg Aßmus,5 and Jan Sture Skouen1,2

1Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Haukeland University Hospital, 5021 Bergen, Norway
2Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, 5020 Bergen, Norway
3Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Oslo University Hospital, 0424 Oslo, Norway
4Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, 0316 Oslo, Norway
5Centre for Clinical Research, Haukeland University Hospital, 5021 Bergen, Norway

Received 17 June 2015; Revised 9 September 2015; Accepted 17 January 2016

Academic Editor: Luigi Ferini-Strambi

Copyright © 2016 Eirik Vikane et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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