Traumatic spinal cord injury in the United States, 1993-2012

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 313, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 2236-2243

  Jain, Nitin B ^a   Ayers, Gregory D ^b   Peterson, Emily N ^b   Harris, Mitchel B ^c,d   Morse, Leslie ^d,e   O'Connor, Kevin C ^e   Garshick, Eric ^c,d,f  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation   (United States)

^f VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; COMPLICATION; INCIDENCE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRENDS; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930791141     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2015.6250     Document Type: Article

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