Global Prevalence and incidence of traumatic spinal cord injury

Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2014, Pages 309-331

  Singh, Anoushka ^a   Tetreault, Lindsay ^a   Kalsi Ryan, Suhkvinder ^a   Nouri, Aria ^a   Fehlings, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Causation; Epidemiology; SCI

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; DENMARK; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ESTONIA; FALLING; FIJI; FINLAND; FRANCE; GREENLAND; HUMAN; ICELAND; INCIDENCE; IRAN; IRELAND; JAPAN; JORDAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NETHERLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; NORWAY; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; ROMANIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEX RATIO; SPAIN; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPORT; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAIWAN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907564345     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CLEP.S68889     Document Type: Review

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