Survival and cause of death after traumatic spinal cord injury. A long-term epidemiological survey from Denmark

Spinal Cord

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 76-85

  Hartkopp, A ^a   Bronnum Hansen H ^a   Seidenschnur, A M ^a   Biering Sorensen F ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cause of death; Epidemiology; Mortality; Paraplegia; Spinal cord injury; Survival curves

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SEPTICEMIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SUICIDE; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; UREMIA;

EID: 0031045547     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100351     Document Type: Article

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