Fatal falls down stairs

Injury

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-34

  Wyatt, J P ^a   Beard, D ^a   Busuttil, A ^b  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; FALLING; FATALITY; FEMALE; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCOTLAND; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032921658     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(98)00191-0     Document Type: Article

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