Mortality and longevity after a spinal cord injury: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 182-198

  Chamberlain, Jonviea D ^a,b   Meier, Sonja ^a   Mader, Luzius ^a,b   Von Groote, Per M ^a,b   Brinkhof, Martin W G ^a,b  

^a SWISS PARAPLEGIC RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUCERNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Longevity; Meta analysis; Mortality; Spinal cord injury; Standardized mortality ratio; Survival; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMBASE; EUROPE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LILACS; LONGEVITY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDLINE; MIDDLE INCOME; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; MORTALITY; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PARAPLEGIA; PROGNOSIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD LESION; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; META ANALYSIS;

HUMANS; LONGEVITY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84929674097     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: 14230208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000382079     Document Type: Article

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