Work-related traumatic spinal cord lesions in Chile, a 20-year epidemiological analysis

Spinal Cord

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 196-199

  Correa, G I ^a   Finkelstein, J M ^b   Burnier, L A ^a   Danilla, S E ^a   Tapia, L Z ^a   Torres, V N ^b   Castillo, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b HOSPITAL DEL TRABAJADOR   (Chile)

Author keywords

epidemiology; incidence; prevalence; prevention; spinal cord injury; work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILE; FALLING; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FORESTRY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL INJURIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551689491     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2010.71     Document Type: Article

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