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

• Published in: Injury Epidemiology
• Main Authors: Unguryanu, Tatiana Nikolaevna, Grjibovski, Andrej, Trovik, Tordis A, Ytterstad, Børge, Kudryavtsev, Alexander V
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature 2020
• Subjects: VDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Epidemiology medical and dental statistics: 803; VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Epidemiologi medisinsk og odontologisk statistikk: 803; Homestead; Northwest Russia
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/18536; https://doi.org/10.1186/s40621-020-0234-7

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 Shenkursk Injur...