Fall-induced injuries and deaths among older adults

JAMA

Volumn 281, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 1895-1899

  Kannus, Pekka ^a   Parkkari, Jari ^a   Koskinen, Seppo ^b   Niemi, Seppo ^a   Palvanen, Mika ^a   Järvinen, Markku ^c   Vuori, Ilkka ^a  

^a UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; FALLING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033606251     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.281.20.1895     Document Type: Article

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