Epidemiology of spinal cord injury in hospital Kuala Lumpur

Spine

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 419-424

  Ibrahim, Asiah ^a   Lee, Kun Yun ^a   Kanoo, Lina Lohshini ^a   Tan, Cheong How ^a   Hamid, Muneer Abdul ^b   Hamedon, Nurina Musta'ani ^b   Haniff, Jamaiyah ^a  

^a HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

^b Clinical Research Centre   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Etiology; Malaysia; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA EXTRACTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875056597     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31826ef594     Document Type: Article

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