The epidemiology of traumatic spinal cord injury in Alberta, Canada.

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Published in Can J Neurol Sci on May 01, 2003

Authors

Donna M Dryden1, L Duncan Saunders, Brian H Rowe, Laura A May, Niko Yiannakoulias, Lawrence W Svenson, Donald P Schopflocher, Donald C Voaklander

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

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