How dangerous are falls in old people at home?

British Medical Journal (Clinical research ed.)

Volumn 282, Issue 6260, 1981, Pages 266-268

  Wild, Deidre ^a   Nayak, U S L ^a   Isaacs, B ^a  

^a SELLY OAK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FALLING; HOME ACCIDENT; INJURY;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0019351736     PISSN: 02670623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.282.6260.266     Document Type: Article

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