Risk of stroke, heart attack, and diabetes complications among veterans with spinal cord injury

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1448-1453

  Banerjea, Ranjana ^a,d   Sambamoorthi, Usha ^a,b   Weaver, Frances ^d   Maney, Miriam ^a   Pogach, Leonard M ^a,c   Findley, Thomas ^a  

^a Service Center for Health Care Knowledge and Management   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; MORTALITY; PARAPLEGIA; PREVALENCE; QUADRIPLEGIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STROKE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VETERAN; ADDICTION; ALGORITHM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSALITY; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STROKE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 48649094313     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.12.047     Document Type: Article

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