Spinal Cord Injury, Australia 1998/99

Peter O'Connor

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• Introduction
• Overview of spinal cord injury from traumatic causes
• Factors associated with the SCI event
• Clinical information
• Survival after SCI
• Table 3: key characteristics of the most often quoted studies of survival from SCI
• References
• Glossary
• Data issues

Acknowledgments

The ASCIR is a cooperative arrangement of the six Australian spinal units and the National Injury Surveillance Unit of the Flinders University Research Centre for Injury Studies (RCIS), funded by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
The assistance of the Directors and staff of the spinal units is gratefully acknowledged, as is the assistance of Dr. Raymond Cripps of RCIS who is involved with unit liaison and quality assurance.

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This publication is copyright. However it may be reproduced with proper acknowledgment. The suggested citation is:

O'Connor PJ. Spinal Cord Injury, Australia 1998/99. Australian Injury Prevention Bulletin 22, AIHW Cat. No. INJ22, March 2000. Research Centre for Injury Studies, Flinders University of South Australia, 2000.

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