Incidence of traumatic spinal cord injury in Thessaloniki, Greece and Stockholm, Sweden: A prospective population-based study

Spinal Cord

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 796-801

  Divanoglou, A ^a   Levi, R ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Rehab Station Stockholm   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cause of injury; Demography; Epidemiology; Incidence; Spinal cord injuries; Spinal injury unit

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FALLING; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SURVIVAL TIME; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CAUSALITY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SWEDEN; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449532374     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2009.28     Document Type: Article

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