Severity of injuries due to accidental fall across the life span: A retrospective hospital-based study

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 62-72

  Kingma, Johannes ^a   Ten Duis, Henk Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FALLING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0034136844     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2000.90.1.62     Document Type: Article

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