Investigating the over-representation of older persons in do-it-yourself home maintenance injury and barriers to prevention

Injury Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 328-333

  Ashby, K ^a   Ozanne Smith, J ^a   Fox, B ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, HOME; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; VICTORIA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 35548952231     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2006.012328     Document Type: Article

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