A five year study of high falls in Edinburgh

Injury

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 503-508

  Beale, J P ^a   Wyatt, J P ^b   Beard, D ^a   Busuttil, A ^c   Graham, C A ^d  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d CROSSHOUSE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA BASE; DEATH; DISABILITY; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FALLING; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LIMB INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT; PELVIS INJURY; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE INJURY; UNITED KINGDOM; VERTEBRA;

EID: 0034285204     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(00)00034-6     Document Type: Article

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