Risk factors for injuries among the elderly in Greece

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 333-338

  Petridou, E ^a   Polychronopoulou, A ^c   Dounis, E ^b   Tsampira, P ^c   Revinthi, K ^c   Trichopoulos, D ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Alcohol; Elderly; House safety; Injuries; Smoking

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GREECE; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0030138886     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0001-4575(95)00072-0     Document Type: Article

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