Preventive Care in Spinal Cord Injuries and Disorders: Examples of Research and Implementation

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 297-316

  Weaver, Frances M ^a,b,c   LaVela, Sherri L ^a,b,d,e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^e Institute for Health Research and Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

BLADDER CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISABILITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FECES INCONTINENCE; HUMAN; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING CESSATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VACCINATION;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MALE; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34249735285     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmr.2007.03.002     Document Type: Review

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