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Falls and Fall-Related Injuries among Community-Dwelling Adults in the United States

INTRODUCTION: Falls are the leading cause of unintentional injuries in the U.S.; however, national estimates for all community-dwelling adults are lacking. This study estimated the national incidence of falls and fall-related injuries among community-dwelling U.S. adults by age and gender and the tr...

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Autores principales: Verma, Santosh K., Willetts, Joanna L., Corns, Helen L., Marucci-Wellman, Helen R., Lombardi, David A., Courtney, Theodore K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4792421/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26977599
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0150939