Ladder fall injuries: Patterns and cost of morbidity

Injury

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 429-431

  O'Sullivan, J ^a   Wakai, A ^b   O'Sullivan, R ^b   Luke, C ^c   Cusack, S ^c  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Injury patterns; Ladder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FALLING; FEMALE; FOOT INJURY; FOREARM FRACTURE; HAND FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEG FRACTURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TELEPHONE TELEMETRY; UNEMPLOYMENT; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; IRELAND; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 1642337996     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(03)00265-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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