Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 3 , Pages 328-333 , March 2006

Environmental Barriers Experienced by Amputees: The Craig Hospital Inventory of Environmental Factors–Short Form

  • Patti L. Ephraim, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Limb Loss Research and Statistics Program, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Patti L. Ephraim, MPH, Limb Loss Research and Statistics Program, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 N Broadway, Rm 502, Baltimore, MD 21205
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  • Ellen J. MacKenzie, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Limb Loss Research and Statistics Program, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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  • Stephen T. Wegener, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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  • Timothy R. Dillingham, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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  • Liliana E. Pezzin, JD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Medicine and Institute for Health Policy Studies, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

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 Supported by the National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (grant no. U59/CCU416733). The contents of this article are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of CDC.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 authors or upon any organization with which the authors are associated.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2005.11.010

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 3 , Pages 328-333 , March 2006

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