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Fall-Related Emergency Department Admission: Fall Environment and Settings and Related Injury Patterns in 6357 Patients with Special Emphasis on the Elderly

Principals. Throughout the world, falls are a major public health problem and a socioeconomic burden. Nevertheless there is little knowledge about how the injury types may be related to the aetiology and setting of the fall, especially in the elderly. We have therefore analysed all patients presenti...

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Autores principales: Pfortmueller, Carmen A., Kunz, Mirco, Lindner, Gregor, Zisakis, Athanasios, Puig, Stefan, Exadaktylos, Aristomenis K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3958756/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24723797
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/256519