CHARACTERIZATION OF ELDERLY ACCIDENT VICTIMS DUE TO EXTERNAL CAUSES

• Main Authors: Clóris Regina Blanski Grden (Author), Jacy Aurelia Vieira de Sousa (Author), Maria Helena Lenardt (Author), Regianne Mara Pesck (Author), Márcia Daniele Seima (Author), Pollyanna Kássia de Oliveira Borges (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Federal do Paraná, 2014-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The objective in this quantitative and retrospective study was to characterize accident events in elderly victims due to external causes, attended by a Mobile Emergency Care Service in a city in the State of Paraná, Brazil. The sample consisted of 324 events, during the sample period from June to D...