Females fall more from heights but males survive less among a geriatric population: insights from an American level 1 trauma center
Abstract Background Approximately one third of subjects ≥65 year old and half of subjects ≥80 years old sustain a fall injury each year. We aimed to study the outcomes of fall from a height (FFH) among older adults. We hypothesized that in an elderly population, fall-related injury and mortality are...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-08-01
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Series: | BMC Geriatrics |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12877-019-1252-6 |