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Original Articles

Injury events sustained in residential environments: age and physical disability as explanatory factors for differences in injury patterns in Sweden

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Pages 127-140 | Received 16 Mar 2017, Accepted 05 Oct 2017, Published online: 03 Nov 2017

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