Five-year changes in self-rated health and associated factors for people aging with versus without spinal cord injury

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 21-33

  Mitchell, Judith ^a   Adkins, Rodney ^a  

^a RANCHO LOS AMIGOS NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Physical disability; Self rated health; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIFE SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SELF CONCEPT; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 77949482413     PISSN: 10820744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/sci1503-21     Document Type: Article

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