Trends in fall-related injuries among older adults treated in emergency departments in the USA

Injury Prevention

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 421-423

  Orces, Carlos H ^a   Alamgir, Hasanat ^b  

^a Laredo Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84911805395     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2014-041268     Document Type: Article

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