Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 8 , Pages 1371-1378 , August 2009

Influence of Race/Ethnicity on Divorce/Separation 1, 2, and 5 Years Post Spinal Cord Injury

  • Juan Carlos Arango-Lasprilla, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Virginia Commonwealth University. Richmond, VA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Juan Carlos Arango-Lasprilla, PhD, Dept of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Virginia Commonwealth University, 730 E Broad St, 4th Fl, Room 4230a, Richmond, VA 23219
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  • Jessica M. Ketchum, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
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  • Kathryn Francis, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Virginia Commonwealth University. Richmond, VA
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  • Paola Premuda, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Virginia Commonwealth University. Richmond, VA
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  • Taryn Stejskal, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Virginia Commonwealth University. Richmond, VA
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  • Jeffrey Kreutzer, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Virginia Commonwealth University. Richmond, VA

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 Supported by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, United States Department of Education (grant no. H133A060039).

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the authors or on any organization with which the authors are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(09)00284-6

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.02.006

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