Food-related choking deaths among the elderly

Injury Prevention

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 200-203

  Kramarow, Ellen ^a   Warner, Margaret ^a   Chen, Li Hui ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPLICATION; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMENTIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOD; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PARKINSON DISEASE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DEMENTIA; FOOD; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PARKINSON DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901237231     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2013-040795     Document Type: Article

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