Health Care

Accidental Falls

Falls due to slipping or tripping which may result in injury.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Falls due to slipping or tripping which may result in injury.

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Falling
  • Falls
  • Falls, Accidental
  • Accidental Fall
  • Fall, Accidental
  • Slip and Fall
  • Fall and Slip

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Aspects Covered

5 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings economics, history, mortality, prevention & control, statistics & numerical data.

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History Note

91(87); was see under ACCIDENTS 1987-90

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Previous Indexing

  • Accidents (1966-1986)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Number

  1. N06.850w.135w.122w

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Accidental Falls. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000058. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000058
  2. Accidental Falls. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falling_(accident)
  3. Accidental Falls. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q333495