The epidemiology of traumatic spinal cord injury in Alberta, Canada

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 113-121

  Dryden, Donna M ^a   Saunders, L Duncan ^a   Rowe, Brian H ^a   May, Laura A ^a   Yiannakoulias, Niko ^b   Svenson, Lawrence W ^a,b   Schopflocher, Donald P ^a,b   Voaklander, Donald C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Health Surveillance Branch   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAUDA EQUINA; FALLING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0038172273     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100053373     Document Type: Article

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