Soft tissue injury resulting from falling predicts a future major falling injury in the home dwelling elderly

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 557-558

  Herala, Mika ^a   Luukinen, Heikki ^a   Honkanen, Risto ^c   Koski, Keijo ^a   Laippala, Pekka ^b   Kivelä, Sirkka Liisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; FALLING; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES;

EID: 0034078329     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.54.7.557     Document Type: Article

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