Injury hospitalizations due to unintentional falls among the aboriginal population of British Columbia, Canada: Incidence, changes over time, and ecological analysis of risk markers, 1991-2010

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Jin, Andrew ^a   Lalonde, Christopher E ^b   Brussoni, Mariana ^c,d,f   McCormick, Rod ^e   George, M Anne ^c,d,g  

^a Epidemiology Department   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CANADA; CANADIAN ABORIGINAL; CHILD; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; INFANT; INJURY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDIZATION; VITAL STATISTICS; AMERICAN INDIAN; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925617961     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121694     Document Type: Article

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