Elderlies' emergency department contacts following falls;Ældres skadestuehenvendelser efter fald

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 170, Issue 45, 2008, Pages

  Kirchhoff, Marianne ^a,b   Bregnbak, Michael J ^a   Backe, Hanne ^a   Hendriksen, Carsten ^a   Obel, Kirsten ^a  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DENMARK; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENMARK; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 55949090972     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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