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Relationship between location and activity in injurious falls: an exploratory study

BACKGROUND: Knowledge about the circumstances under which injurious falls occur could provide healthcare workers with better tools to prevent falls and fall-related injuries. Therefore, we assessed whether older persons who sustain an injurious fall can be classified into specific fall types, based...

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Autores principales: Bleijlevens, Michel HC, Diederiks, Joseph PM, Hendriks, Marike RC, van Haastregt, Jolanda CM, Crebolder, Harry FJM, van Eijk, Jacques ThM
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2902483/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20565871
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-10-40