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Volume 330:1464 May 19, 1994 Number 20
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Economic Consequences of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury

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By Monroe Berkowitz, Carol Harvey, Carolyn G. Greene, and Sven E. Wilson. 202 pp. New York, Demos, 1993. $59.95. ISBN 0-939957-44-2.

More than 175,000 people in the United States are living with a traumatic spinal cord injury -- that is, one not caused by disease. They are typically male and well educated (the majority attended college). At the time of the injury they were young (half were between 16 and 30 years old) and employed. About one quarter are veterans. There are somewhat more paraplegics than quadriplegics in this population. Motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of spinal cord injury, followed by falls and sports injuries, primarily diving injuries. Sports injuries are the most likely to result in quadriplegia rather . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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