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

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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Main Authors: Lava R Timsina, Joanna L Willetts, Melanye J Brennan, Helen Marucci-Wellman, David A Lombardi, Theodore K Courtney, Santosh K Verma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5417511?pdf=render

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