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Fall-related deaths among older adults in British Columbia: cause and effect of policy change

BACKGROUND: The British Columbia Coroners Service implemented a policy in 2010 advising the reclassification of underlying causes of deaths due to falls from ‘natural’ to ‘accidental’. This study investigates whether observed data trends reflect this change in practice, are artefacts of inconsistent...

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Autores principales: Joshi, Aayushi, Rajabali, Fahra, Turcotte, Kate, Beaton, M Denise, Pike, Ian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7513264/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31471327
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2019-043280

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