Current changes in the epidemiology of fall-related injuries in Al Ain City, United Arab Emirates

Arif Alper Cevik; David O. Alao; Hani O. Eid; Michal Grivna; Fikri M. Abu-Zidan

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0257398

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Current changes in the epidemiology of fall-related injuries in Al Ain City, United Arab Emirates

Arif Alper Cevik ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Arif Alper Cevik, David O. Alao, Hani O. Eid, Michal Grivna, Fikri M. Abu-Zidan

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: aacevik@uaeu.ac.ae

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, Al-Ain, Ain, United Arab Emirates

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6691-6298

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David O. Alao ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Arif Alper Cevik, David O. Alao, Hani O. Eid, Michal Grivna, Fikri M. Abu-Zidan

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, Al-Ain, Ain, United Arab Emirates, Department of Emergency Medicine, Al Ain Hospital, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates
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Hani O. Eid ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Arif Alper Cevik, David O. Alao, Hani O. Eid, Michal Grivna, Fikri M. Abu-Zidan

Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Emergency Department, Mediclinic Airport Road Hospital, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0936-0419

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Michal Grivna ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Arif Alper Cevik, David O. Alao, Hani O. Eid, Michal Grivna, Fikri M. Abu-Zidan

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, Al-Ain, Ain, United Arab Emirates
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Fikri M. Abu-Zidan

Contributed equally to this work with: Arif Alper Cevik, David O. Alao, Hani O. Eid, Michal Grivna, Fikri M. Abu-Zidan

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, Al-Ain, Ain, United Arab Emirates
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Current changes in the epidemiology of fall-related injuries in Al Ain City, United Arab Emirates

Arif Alper Cevik,
David O. Alao,
Hani O. Eid,
Michal Grivna,
Fikri M. Abu-Zidan

Published: September 16, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257398

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