Self-reported prevalence of pulmonary symptoms in subjects with spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 652-657

  Spungen, A M ^a,b   Grimm, D R ^a,b   Lesser, M ^a,b   Bauman, W A ^a,b   Almenoff, P L ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breathlessness; Cough; Paraplegia; Respiratory symptoms; Spinal cord injury; Tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SELF REPORT; SMOKE; SMOKING; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WHEEZING;

EID: 0030727065     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100489     Document Type: Article

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