Preventing falls: How to identify risk factors, reduce complications

Geriatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 43-53

  Tideiksaar, Rein ^a,b,c  

^a Sierra Health Services Inc   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Hunter / Mt Sinai Geriatric E

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; EXERCISE; FALLING; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030044181     PISSN: 0016867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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