The Harstad injury prevention study: Community based prevention of fall-fractures in the elderly evaluated by means of a hospital based injury recording system in Norway

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 551-558

  Ytterstad, Børge ^a  

^a Harstad Hospital Harstad   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; NURSING HOME; PROPHYLAXIS; SHOE; WINTER;

EID: 0029907211     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.50.5.551     Document Type: Article

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