Mortality following spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 329-336

  Yeo, John D ^a   Walsh, John ^a   Rutkowski, Sue ^a   Soden, Ros ^a   Craven, Mary ^a   Middleton, James ^b  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL REHABILITATION CENTRE SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Life expectancy; Mortality; Paraplegia; Standardised mortality ratio; Survival rate; Tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC SPINE;

EID: 0031918014     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100628     Document Type: Article

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