Hispanic ethnicity and fatal fall risk: Do age, gender, and community modify the relationship?

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 113-117

  Landy, David C ^a   Mintzer, Michael J ^a   Silva, Amanda K ^b   Dearwater, Stephen R ^c   Schulman, Carl I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c University of Miami Jackson Memorial Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

accidental falls; aged; epidemiology; Hispanic Americans; trauma

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMMUNITY; FALL RISK; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860320058     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2011.02.035     Document Type: Article

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