Disability in young adults following major trauma: 5 Year follow up of survivors

BMC Public Health

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-8

  Evans, Sian A ^a   Airey, Mark C ^a   Chell, Susan M ^a   Connelly, James B ^a   Rigby, Alan S ^b   Tennant, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL DISABILITY; WORK DISABILITY; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CLASSIFICATION; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABLED PERSON; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SURVIVOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; COHORT STUDIES; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVALENCE; SELF EFFICACY; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SURVIVORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0346125419     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-3-8     Document Type: Article

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