Circumstances of fall-related injuries by age and gender among community-dwelling adults in the United States

INTRODUCTION: Falls are the leading cause of injury in almost all age-strata in the U.S. However, fall-related injuries (FI) and their circumstances are under-studied at the population level, particularly among young and middle-aged adults. This study examined the circumstances of FI among community...

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Autores principales: Timsina, Lava R., Willetts, Joanna L., Brennan, Melanye J., Marucci-Wellman, Helen, Lombardi, David A., Courtney, Theodore K., Verma, Santosh K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5417511/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28472065
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0176561

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5417511/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28472065
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0176561

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