Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 81, Issue 6 , Pages 757-763 , June 2000

Pulmonary function in chronic spinal cord injury: A cross-sectional survey of 222 Southern California adult outpatients

Received 6 April 1999 ,Revised 26 July 1999 ,Accepted 26 July 1999.

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☆ Supported in part by grants H133N00026, H133830029, and H133B70011 from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, US Department of Education, Washington, DC, and by grant 5P30 ESO7048-03 from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health.

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Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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