Does multiple risk factor reduction explain the reduction in fall rate in the Yale FICSIT Trial?

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 389-399

  Tinetti, Mary E ^a   McAvay, Gail ^a   Claus, Elizabeth ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

aged; falls; risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVENTION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0029746684     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008940     Document Type: Article

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