Demographic, social and economic variables that affect lower extremity injury outcomes

Injury

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1109-1116

  Cannada, Lisa K ^a   Jones, Alan L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amputation; Injury; Limb salvage; Outcomes; Quality of life; Socioeconomic status; Tibia factures; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPUTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751095961     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2006.07.016     Document Type: Article

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