Postrehabilitation outcomes after spinal cord injury caused by firearms and motor vehicle crash among ethnically diverse groups

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1237-1243

  Waters, Robert L ^a,b   Adkins, Rodney H ^a   Sie, Ien ^a   Cressy, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031719648     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(98)90268-4     Document Type: Article

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