TY - JOUR PY - 1998// TI - Incidence of injuries due to accidental fall: a life span study for the period 1971-1995 JO - Perceptual and motor skills A1 - Kingma, J. SP - 760 EP - 762 VL - 87 IS - 3 N2 - The incidence of accidental fall in 67,436 trauma patients was investigated for the period 1971-1995. Over-all a decrease in incidence was found from 1976 through 1995; however, notwithstanding the over-all picture a strong age-specific increase in the incidence was observed in persons of 80 years and over from 1981-1985 through 1991-1995.

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