Epidemiological profile of 239 traumatic spinal cord injury cases over a period of 12 years in Tianjin, China

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 388-394

  Feng, Hong Yong ^a   Ning, Guang Zhi ^a   Feng, Shi Qing ^a   Yu, Tie Qiang ^b   Zhou, Heng Xing ^a  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Second Hospital of Tangshan   (China)

Author keywords

China; Epidemiology; Falls; Prevention; Tetraplegia; Traumatic spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OCCUPATION; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051499609     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2045772311Y.0000000017     Document Type: Article

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