title: Accident proneness and illness proneness: a review.
abstract: Accident proneness may be an episodic or a lifelong disability. It is suggested that many of the chronically accident prone individuals are the same as those prone to recurrent organic illnesses, that is they suffer from a congenital 'diathesis'.
authors.forename: H O
authors.initials: HO
authors.lastname: Engel
mesh_terms: D000057:Accident Proneness; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D006801:Humans