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Weather warnings predict fall-related injuries among older adults

Author(s) -

Luke Mondor,

Katia Charland,

Aman Verma,

David L. Buckeridge

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afu199

Subject(s) - medicine , winter storm , confidence interval , injury prevention , occupational safety and health , rate ratio , incidence (geometry) , demography , poison control , fall prevention , suicide prevention , cohort study , cohort , medical emergency , storm , meteorology , geography , physics , pathology , sociology , optics

weather predictions are a useful tool for informing public health planning and prevention strategies for non-injury health outcomes, but the association between winter weather warnings and fall-related injuries has not been assessed previously.

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