Traumatic spinal cord injury among children and adolescents; A cohort study in western Norway

Spinal Cord

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 981-985

  Hagen, E M ^a,b   Eide, G E ^a,b   Elgen, I ^a,b  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

adolescence; aetiology; children; epidemiology; traumatic brain injury; traumatic spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; NORWAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREND STUDY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NORWAY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052420090     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2011.42     Document Type: Article

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