Fall-induced deaths among elderly people

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 422-424

  Kannus, Pekka ^a,b   Parkkari, Jari ^a   Niemi, Seppo ^a   Palvanen, Mika ^a  

^a UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FALLING; FEMALE; FINLAND; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX RATIO;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 14644437762     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.047779     Document Type: Article

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