Mechanisms of accidental fall injuries and involved injury factors: a registry-based study

• Published in: Injury Epidemiology
• Main Authors: Unguryanu, Tatiana Nikolaevna, Grjibovski, Andrej Mechislavovich, Trovik, Tordis Agnete, Ytterstad, Børge, Kudryavtsev, Alexander Valerievich
• Other Authors: UiT The Arctic University of Norway
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2020
• Subjects: General Medicine; Homestead; Northwest Russia
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40621-020-0234-7; http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/s40621-020-0234-7.pdf; http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40621-020-0234-7/fulltext.html

Abstract Background Falls are the leading cause of injury-related morbidity and mortality worldwide, but fall injury circumstances differ by age. We studied the circumstances of accidental fall injuries by age in Shenkursk District, Northwest Russia, using the data from the population-based Shenkurs...