Fall-related injuries in the elderly in Tehran

Injury

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 809-814

  Ghodsi, Seyyed Mohammad ^a   Roudsari, Bahman Sayyar ^a   Abdollahi, Morteza ^a   Shadman, Maziar ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALLING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; INJURY; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0142230987     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(02)00376-5     Document Type: Article

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