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http://hdl.handle.net/11434/225| Title: | Global maps of non-traumatic spinal cord injury epidemiology: towards a living data repository. |
| Epworth Authors: | New, Peter |
| Other Authors: | Cripps, Raymond Bonne Lee, Bon |
| Keywords: | NTSCI Non-Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury International Spinal Cord Society Prevention Committee Spinal Cord World Health Organization Regions World Health Organization Countries WHO Adults Epworth-Monash Rehabilitation Medicine Unit, Epworth HealthCare, Victoria, Australia |
| Issue Date: | Feb-2014 |
| Publisher: | Nature |
| Citation: | Spinal Cord. 2014 Feb;52(2):97-109 |
| Abstract: | Globally map non-traumatic spinal cord injury (NTSCI) incidence, prevalence, survival, level of injury and aetiology. Propose a research framework for NTSCI prevention and launch a repository of NTSCI data. Initiative of the International Spinal Cord Society Prevention Committee. Literature search of Medline and Embase (1959-June 2011). Relevant articles in any language regarding adults with NTSCI were included. Stratification of information about incidence and prevalence into green/yellow/orange/red data quality 'zones' and comparisons between World Health Organisation (WHO) regions and countries. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11434/225 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/sc.2012.165 |
| PubMed URL: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23318556 |
| ISSN: | 1362-4393 |
| Journal Title: | Spinal Cord: International Spinal Cord Society |
| Type: | Journal Article |
| Affiliated Organisations: | Spinal Rehabilitation Unit, Rehabilitation Services, Caulfield Hospital, Alfred Health, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia. School of Medicine (Prevention, Promotion and Primary Health Care Cluster), Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia. Spinal Medicine Department, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Neuroscience Research Australia (NEURA), University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. |
| Type of Clinical Study or Trial: | Literature Reviews |
| Appears in Collections: | Neurosciences Rehabilitation |
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