Falls: An Examination of Three Reporting Methods in Nursing Homes

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 662-666

  Kanten, Deanna N ^a   Mulrow, Cynthia D ^a,b   Gerety, Meghan B ^a,b   Lichtenstein, Michael J ^a,b   Aguilar, Christine ^b   Cornell, John E ^a  

^a SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0027178190     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1993.tb06741.x     Document Type: Article

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