Older Adult Falls at a Metropolitan Airport: 2009-2010

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 133-136

  Howland, Jonathan ^a   Bibi, Salma ^a   English, James ^b   Dyer, Sophia ^a   Peterson, Elizabeth W ^c  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

elderly falls; escalators; injury; public buildings; transportation

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY FALLS; FALL RISK; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; INCIDENT REPORTS; INJURY; OLDER ADULTS; PUBLIC BUILDINGS;

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; AIRPORTS; ELEVATORS; HOSPITALS; TRANSPORTATION;

ESCALATORS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AIRPORT; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CHILD; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AIRPORTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862528498     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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