The evolution of unintentional injury mortality among elderly in Europe

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 159-182

  Petridou, Eleni Th ^a   Dikalioti, Stavroula K ^a   Dessypris, Nick ^a   Skalkidis, Ilias ^a   Barbone, Fabio ^b   Fitzpatrick, Patricia ^c   Heloma, Antero ^d   Segui Gomez, Maria ^e   Sethi, Dinesh ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^f WHO Regional Office for Europe   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cause specific mortality; Elderly; Europe; Trend; Unintentional injuries

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; ELDERLY CARE; EUROPEAN UNION; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; INJURY; LUNG BURN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACCIDENTS; AGED; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MORTALITY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 39049090887     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264307310467     Document Type: Article

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