Longer term health of young and middle-aged adults following unintentional falls at home resulting in hospitalisation

Injury

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 103-108

  Williams, Josephine ^a   Kool, Bridget ^b   Robinson, Elizabeth ^b   Ameratunga, Shanthi ^b  

^a Selwyn Foundation   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Epidemiologic determinants; Health status; Outcomes assessment; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FACE INJURY; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GROUPS BY AGE; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HEALTH STATUS; HOME ACCIDENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INTERVIEW; LEG INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIMB INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE INJURY; WOUND;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84855604079     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2011.03.050     Document Type: Article

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