Cardiovascular disease risk factors in persons with paraplegia: The stockholm spinal cord injury study

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 272-278

  Wahman, Kerstin ^a,b   Nash, Mark S ^d   Westgren, Ninni ^b   Lewis, John E ^d   Seiger, Åke ^a,b   Levi, Richard ^a,b,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cardiovascular diseases; Paraplegia; Risk; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950120174     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0510     Document Type: Article

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