Prevention of Falls among the Elderly

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 320, Issue 16, 1989, Pages 1055-1059

  Desforges, Jane F ^a   Tinetti, Mary E ^b   Speechley, Mark ^b  

^a University School of Medicine ^*

^b Glaucoma Section   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; FALLING; HUMAN; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; FEMALE; MALE; RISK FACTOR;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0024974540     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198904203201606     Document Type: Review

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