Association between obesity and unintentional injury in older adults

Obesity Facts

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 363-369

  Bouchard, Danielle R ^a   Pickett, William ^a   Janssen, Ian ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fracture; Overweight; Sprains; Strains

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLISTER; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN INJURY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT DISLOCATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALD; SKIN BRUISING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENTS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; CANADA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPRAINS AND STRAINS;

EID: 78650954702     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000322873     Document Type: Article

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