Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 10 , Pages 1318-1326 , October 2006

Injury and Demographic Factors Predictive of Disparities in Earnings After Spinal Cord Injury

  • James S. Krause, PhD

      Affiliations

    • College of Health Professions, Rehabilitation Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to James S. Krause, PhD, 19 Hagood Ave, Ste 910, Charleston, SC 29425.
    • ,
  • Joseph V. Terza, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

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 Supported by the Department of Education, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (grant nos. H133G020239, H133G030151).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.

PII: S0003-9993(06)00840-9

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.07.254

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 10 , Pages 1318-1326 , October 2006

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