Recent demographic and injury trends in people served by the Model Spinal Cord Injury Care Systems

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1372-1382

  Nobunaga, Austin I ^a   Go, Bette K ^b   Karunas, Rosalie B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; RACE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPORT INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0032743668     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(99)90247-2     Document Type: Article

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