Elderly falls: A national survey of UK ambulance services

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1009-1010

  Darnell, Gareth ^a   Mason, Suzanne M ^b   Snooks, Helen ^c  

^a YORKSHIRE AMBULANCE SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FALLING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84870057737     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2011-200419     Document Type: Article

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