Life expectancy after spinal cord injury: A 50-year study

Spinal Cord

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 803-811

  Middleton, J W ^a   Dayton, A ^b   Walsh, J ^b   Rutkowski, S B ^c   Leong, G ^c   Duong, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Pricewaterhouse Coopers ^*  (Australia)

^c ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

life expectancy; spinal cord injury; standardised mortality ratio; survival rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868541297     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2012.55     Document Type: Article

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