Reports from spinal cord injury patients: Eight months after the 2003 earthquake in Bam, Iran

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 912-917

  Raissi, Gholam Reza ^a,c   Mokhtari, Aliakbar ^b   Mansouri, Kourosh ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Social Welfare Organization   (Iran)

^c IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Natural Disasters; Paraplegia; Rehabilitation; Spinal Cord Injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; DECUBITUS; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION CARE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL; IRAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; TIME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; NATURAL DISASTERS; PAIN; PRESSURE ULCER; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38449089392     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e3181583abc     Document Type: Article

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