Demographics of acute admissions to a National Spinal Injuries Unit

European Spine Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 938-942

  Lenehan, B ^a,b   Boran, S ^a   Street, J ^a   Higgins, T ^a   McCormack, D ^a   Poynton, A R ^a  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Demographics; Epidemiology; Injuries; Spinal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; IRELAND; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEOPLASM; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPORT; THORACIC SPINE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPINAL INJURIES; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SPINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349592745     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-009-0923-y     Document Type: Article

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