Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 8 , Pages 1448-1453 , August 2008

Risk of Stroke, Heart Attack, and Diabetes Complications Among Veterans With Spinal Cord Injury

Presented as a poster to American Public Health Association, November 4–8, 2006, Boston, MA.

  • Ranjana Banerjea, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veteran Affairs, Health Services Research and Development Service Center for Health Care Knowledge and Management, East Orange, NJ
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Ranjana Banerjea, PhD, VA New Jersey Healthcare System, 385 Tremont Ave (Mail Stop 129), East Orange, NJ 07018
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  • Usha Sambamoorthi, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veteran Affairs, Health Services Research and Development Service Center for Health Care Knowledge and Management, East Orange, NJ
    • School of Public Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ
    • ,
  • Frances Weaver, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Midwest Center for Health Services & Policy Research, VA Hospital, Hines, IL.
    • ,
  • Miriam Maney, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veteran Affairs, Health Services Research and Development Service Center for Health Care Knowledge and Management, East Orange, NJ
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  • Leonard M. Pogach, MD, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veteran Affairs, Health Services Research and Development Service Center for Health Care Knowledge and Management, East Orange, NJ
    • New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ
    • ,
  • Thomas Findley, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veteran Affairs, Health Services Research and Development Service Center for Health Care Knowledge and Management, East Orange, NJ

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 Supported by the VA Clinical Service Research and Development and the Health Services Research Enhancement Award Program (grant no. REA-03-021).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.2007.12.047

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