Employment among spinal cord injured patients living in Turkey: A cross-sectional study

International Journal of Rehabilitation Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 275-278

  Gunduz, Berrin ^a   Erhan, Belgin ^a   Bardak, Ayse Nur ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

employment; spinal cord injury; vocational outcome

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DATA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS; EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; MANN-WHITNEY U TEST; MEDICAL RECORD; POSITIVE EFFECTS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORDS; VOCATIONAL OUTCOME;

DOSIMETRY; EMPLOYMENT; PATIENT REHABILITATION;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TURKEY;

EID: 77957342593     PISSN: 03425282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MRR.0b013e328339814e     Document Type: Article

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