Demographics of spinal cord injuries in Pakistan

Epidemiology of Spinal Cord Injuries

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 177-192

  Rathore, Farooq A ^a   Mansoor, Sahibzada Nasir ^a  

^a Malir National University of Medical Sciences   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Demographics; Epidemiology; Pakistan; Paraplegia; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870875252     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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