Incidence and prevalence of spinal cord injury in Canada: A national perspective

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 219-226

  Noonan, Vanessa K ^a,d   Fingas, Matthew ^a   Farry, Angela ^a   Baxter, David ^b   Singh, Anoushka ^c   Fehlings, Michael G ^a,c   Dvorak, Marcel F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Urban Futures Institute   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d 6th Floor Blusson Spinal Cord Centre ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Incidence; Prevalence; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PARAPLEGIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUADRIPLEGIA; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860569657     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: 14230208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000336014     Document Type: Review

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