The state of aging and public health for people with spinal cord injury: Lost in transition?

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Groah, Suzanne ^a,b   Kehn, Matthew ^a  

^a NATIONAL REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Paraplegia; Secondary conditions; Spinal cord injury; Tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

AGING; COMORBIDITY; LIFESPAN; MORBIDITY; QUADRIPLEGIA; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 77949475304     PISSN: 10820744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/sci1503-1     Document Type: Review

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