Identifying characteristics and outcomes that are associated with fall-related fatalities: multi-year retrospective summary of fall deaths in older adults from 2005–2012

BACKGROUND: Fall-related deaths continue to be the leading cause of accidental deaths in the older adult (65+ year) population. However, many fall-related fatalities are unspecified and little is known about the fall characteristics and personal demographics at the time of the fall. Therefore, this...

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Autores principales: Deprey, Sara M., Biedrzycki, Lynda, Klenz, Kristine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2017
Materias:
Research Methods
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5522812/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28736795
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40621-017-0117-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5522812/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28736795
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40621-017-0117-8

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