Journal article
The Epidemiology of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury in Alberta, Canada
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To describe the incidence and pattern of traumatic spinal cord injury and cauda equina injury (SCI) in a geographically defined region of Canada.
METHODS: The study period was April 1, 1997 to March 31, 2000. Data were gathered from three provincial sources: administrative data from the Alberta Ministry of Health and Wellness, records from the Alberta Trauma Registry, and death certificates from the Office of the Medical Examiner.
Authors
Dryden DM; Saunders LD; Rowe BH; May LA; Yiannakoulias N; Svenson LW; Schopflocher DP; Voaklander DC
Journal
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques, Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 113–121
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date
May 2003
DOI
10.1017/s0317167100053373
ISSN
0317-1671