Circumstances leading to injurious falls in older men and women in the Netherlands

Injury

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1224-1230

  Boyé, Nicole D A ^a   Mattace Raso, Francesco U S ^a   Van Der Velde, Nathalie ^a,b   Lieshout, Esther M M Van ^a   De Vries, Oscar J ^b   Hartholt, Klaas A ^a   Kerver, Albert J H ^c   Bruijninckx, Milko M M ^d   Van Der Cammen, Tischa J M ^a   Patka, Peter ^a   Van Beeck, Ed F ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c SINT FRANCISCUS GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^d IJSSELLAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activity; Circumstances; Elderly; Falls; Hip fractures; Indoor; Outdoor; Season; TBI

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CYCLING; EMERGENCY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SITTING; STANDING; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAIN INJURIES; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FRAIL ELDERLY; HIP FRACTURES; MORTALITY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 84903720409     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2014.03.021     Document Type: Article

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