Injuries to the elderly in the traffic e
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Harmeet SjΓΆgren; Ulf BjΓΆrnstig
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Article
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1991
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Two hundred ninety-seven persons, all aged 60 or over (180 women, 117 men), injured in the traffic environment, and treated at the Regional Hospital in UmeΓ₯, over a one-year period, were analysed. Injuries were grouped into three main categories: falls (52%), vehicle-associated events (44%), and "ot