Falls in Older Persons: Causes and Interventions

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 149, Issue 10, 1989, Pages 2217-2222

  Hindmarsh, Julia J ^a,b   Estes, E Harvey ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; FALLING; FATALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STRESS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS; ACCIDENTS, HOME; AGED; AGING; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; POSTURE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0024448281     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1989.00390100049013     Document Type: Article

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