Characteristics of non-fatal fall injuries in rural India

Injury Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 166-171

  Dandona, Rakhi ^a,b,c   Anil Kumar, G ^a,b   Ivers, Rebecca ^c   Joshi, Rohina ^c   Neal, Bruce ^c   Dandona, Lalit ^a,b,c,d  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^b George Institute for International Health India   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77955301935     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2009.023663     Document Type: Article

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