Mortality after spinal cord injury in Norway

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 145-151

  Lidal, Ingeborg Beate ^a   Snekkevik, Hildegun ^b   Aamodt, Geir ^c   Hjeltnes, Nils ^a   Stanghelle, Johan Kvalvik ^a   Biering Sørensen, Fin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NIMI Ullevaal   (Norway)

^c AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Causes of death; Epidemiology; Mortality; Risk indicators; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DECUBITUS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; NORWAY; PNEUMONIA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUADRIPLEGIA; REHABILITATION CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 33947730885     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0017     Document Type: Article

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