Prevalence of obesity after spinal cord injury

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1-7

  Gorgey, Ashraf S ^c   Gater Jr , David R ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Body composition; Body mass index; Epidemiology; Obesity; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53049100670     PISSN: 10820744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/sci1204-1     Document Type: Review

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