The dangers of being a "weekend warrior": A new call for injury prevention efforts

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 469-473

  Psoinos, Charles M ^a,b   Emhoff, Timothy A ^b   Sweeney, W Brian ^b   Tseng, Jennifer F ^a,b   Santry, Heena P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fall; residential; trauma surgery

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; FACE FRACTURE; FALLING; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIMB FRACTURE; LIVER INJURY; LUMBAR SPINE FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIB FRACTURE; SACRAL SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE FRACTURE; SPLEEN INJURY; THORACIC SPINE FRACTURE; THORAX INJURY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HOBBIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPINAL FRACTURES; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84864611406     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318258437c     Document Type: Article

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