Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 10 , Pages 1716-1722 , October 2009

A Prospective Study of Factors Influencing Return to Work After Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury in Taiwan

  • Mau-Roung Lin, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Injury Prevention and Control, College of Public Health and Nutrition, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Mau-Roung Lin, PhD, Institute of Injury Prevention and Control, Taipei Medical University, 250 Wu-Hsing Street, Taipei 110, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Hei-Fen Hwang, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, National Taipei College of Nursing, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • ,
  • Wen-Yu Yu, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • ,
  • Chih-Yi Chen, MS

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Injury Prevention and Control, College of Public Health and Nutrition, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

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 This work was funded by the National Health Research Institute (NHRI-EX96-9204PP), Taiwan, Republic of China.

 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)00358-X

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.04.006

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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