The functional impact of a traumatic hand injury on people who live in rural and remote locations

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 326-335

  Kingston, Gail ^a   Tanner, Bronwyn ^a   Gray, Marion Alexandra ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Hand injury; Rurality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 75149134326     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638280903114410     Document Type: Article

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