Epidemiology of traumatic spinal cord injury in developing countries: A systematic review

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 65-85

  Rahimi Movaghar, Vafa ^a,c   Sayyah, Mohammad Kazem ^b   Akbari, Hesam ^b   Khorramirouz, Reza ^b   Rasouli, Mohammad R ^f   Moradi Lakeh, Maziar ^d   Shokraneh, Farhad ^e   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^f  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Epidemiology; Etiology; Incidence; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FALLING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PARAPLEGIA; PREVALENCE; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; MORBIDITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84878934900     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: 14230208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000350710     Document Type: Review

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