Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 3 , Pages 320-327 , March 2006

Secondary Conditions in a Community-Based Sample of Women With Physical Disabilities Over a 1-Year Period

  • Margaret A. Nosek, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Research on Women with Disabilities, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Margaret A. Nosek, PhD, Center for Research on Women with Disabilities, Baylor College of Medicine, 6550 Fannin, Ste 1421, Houston, TX 77030
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  • Rosemary B. Hughes, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Research on Women with Disabilities, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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  • Nancy J. Petersen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies, Health Services Research and Development Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX; Section of Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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  • Heather B. Taylor, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Developmental Pediatrics, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX
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  • Susan Robinson-Whelen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Research on Women with Disabilities, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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  • Margaret Byrne, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami Medical School, Miami, FL
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  • Robert Morgan, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies, Health Services Research and Development Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX; Section of Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

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 Supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (grant no. RO4/CCR618805).No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the authors are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(05)01381-X

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2005.11.003

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 3 , Pages 320-327 , March 2006

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