Subgroups in epidemiological studies on spinal cord injury: Evaluation of international recommendations in the swiss spinal cord injury cohort study

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 141-148

  Hinrichs, Timo ^a,b   Prodinger, Birgit ^a,c   Brinkhof, Martin W G ^a,c   Gemperli, Armin ^a,c  

^a SWISS PARAPLEGIC RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LUCERNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Classification; Health survey; International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health; Methodology; Reporting; Spinal cord injury; Statistical distributions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESEARCH DESIGN; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84959359647     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-2029     Document Type: Article

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