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Article: Nonfatal physical assault-related injuries among persons aged [greater than or equal to] 60 years treated in hospital emergency departments--United States, 2001.(Public Health and Aging)
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- MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
- Article date:
- August 29, 2003
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As the U.S. population ages, public health efforts have expanded to ensure the independence, function, and safety of older adults. Such efforts focus on consequences associated with the normal aging process. The incidence and consequences of violent victimization are assumed to be a problem of young populations and not an area of concern among older populations (1), and little data are available to monitor the incidence or consequences of violence-related injuries among older adults. To characterize serious injuries from physical assaults among older adults, CDC analyzed data from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System-All Injury" Program (NEISS-AIP). This ...