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Factors associated with the occurrence of injuries requiring hospital transfer among older and working-age pedestrians in Kurume, Japan

BACKGROUND: Pedestrian injuries among older people tend to occur near their residence. However, knowledge regarding whether distance travelled from home to the injury site or road environmental/socioeconomic factors affect injury severity remains limited. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was perform...

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Autores principales: Nagata, Takashi, Abe, Takeru, Takamori, Ayako, Kimura, Yoshinari, Hagihara, Akihito
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5457654/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28577528
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4456-8