Expectations of life and health among spinal cord injured adults

Spinal Cord

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 818-828

  McColl, Mary Ann ^a   Walker, Janice ^c   Stirling, Paul ^c   Wilkins, Russell ^d   Corey, Paul ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Lyndhurst Spinal Cord Centre   (Canada)

^d STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Health; Health expectancy; Mortality; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0031434706     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100546     Document Type: Article

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