Understanding age effects associated with changes in secondary health conditions in a Canadian spinal cord injury cohort

Spinal Cord

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 330-335

  Hitzig, S L ^a   Campbell, K A ^b   McGillivray, C F ^a,c   Boschen, K A ^b   Craven, B C ^a,c  

^a TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Generalized estimating equations; Health status; Secondary health conditions; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH STATUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950520153     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2009.135     Document Type: Article

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