Falls and fall-related injuries among community-dwelling adults in the United States

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Verma, Santosh K ^a,b   Willetts, Joanna L ^a   Corns, Helen L ^a   Marucci Wellman, Helen R ^a   Lombardi, David A ^a,c   Courtney, Theodore K ^a,c  

^a LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISLOCATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FALL RELATED INJURY; FALLING; FATALITY; FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRAIN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPRAIN; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; WOUND; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; INJURY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84961671405     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150939     Document Type: Article

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