Factors Associated with Serious Injury During Falls by Ambulatory Nursing Home Residents

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1987, Pages 644-648

  Tinetti, Mary E ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; MUSCLE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

EID: 0023226481     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1987.tb04341.x     Document Type: Article

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