Falls in the elderly: Causes and prevention

Orthopaedic Nursing

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1987, Pages 45-49

  Lamb, Karen ^a   Miller, Joanne ^a   Hernandez, Margaret ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DRUG THERAPY; EXERCISE; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; RISK;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; RISK;

EID: 0023302728     PISSN: 07446020     EISSN: 1542538X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006416-198703000-00011     Document Type: Article

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