Trauma in the elderly: A new epidemic?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 584-586

  Young, Lorinda ^a,b   Ahmad, Hairul ^a,b  

^a CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Elderly; Ethical; Functional; Hospitalized; Morbidity; Mortality; Physiology; Resources; Trauma

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; AIRWAY; AUSTRALIA; BREATHING; CIRCULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; INJURY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NEUROPATHOLOGY;

EID: 0032798739     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1622.1999.01637.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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