Spinal cord injury in the emergency context: review of program outcomes of a spinal cord injury rehabilitation program in Sri Lanka
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Conflict and HealthAbstract
The final months of the conflict in Sri Lanka in 2009 resulted in massive displacement of the civilian population and a high volume of orthopedic trauma including spinal cord injury. In response to this need, Medecins Sans Frontieres implemented a multidisciplinary rehabilitation program.Publisher
BioMed Central LtdPubMed ID
24650231Language
enISSN
1752-1505ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1186/1752-1505-8-4
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