Ladders: Accidents waiting to happen

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 174, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 516-519

  Tsipouras, Spiro ^a   Hendrie, James M ^a   Silvapulle, Mervyn J ^b  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEIGHT; HOME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; LIMB INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SPINE INJURY; THORAX INJURY; TRAUMATOLOGY;

EID: 0035927132     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2001.tb143403.x     Document Type: Article

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