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Research Paper

‘The moment I leave my home – there will be massive challenges’: experiences of living with a spinal cord injury in Botswana

Inka LöfvenmarkDepartment of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, NVS, Division of Physiotherapy, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden; ;Spinalis, Rehab Station Stockholm, Solna, Sweden; Correspondence[email protected]
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Cecilia NorrbrinkDepartment of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, NVS, Division of Physiotherapy, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden; ;Department of Clinical Sciences, Karolinska Institutet Danderyd Hospital (KI DS), Stockholm, Sweden
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Lena Nilsson WikmarDepartment of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, NVS, Division of Physiotherapy, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden;
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Monika LöfgrenDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Karolinska Institutet Danderyd Hospital (KI DS), Stockholm, Sweden
Pages 1483-1492 | Received 28 Apr 2015, Accepted 07 Oct 2015, Published online: 22 Dec 2015

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