Staircase falls: High-risk groups and injury characteristics in 464 patients

Injury

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 884-889

  Boele van Hensbroek, P ^a   Mulder, S ^b   Luitse, J S K ^a   van Ooijen, M R ^a   Goslings, J C ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b National Reference Laboratory   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

High risk groups; Injury characteristics; Senior citizens; Staircase falls; Young children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FALLING; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; LEG FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB FRACTURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE FRACTURE; THORAX INJURY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650117758     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.01.105     Document Type: Article

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