Predictors of fall-related injuries among community-dwelling elderly people with dementia

Age and Ageing

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 22-28

  Asada, Takashi ^a   Kariya, Tetsuhiko ^b   Kinoshita, Toru ^b   Asaka, Akio ^b   Morikawa, Saburo ^c   Yoshioka, Mitsuru ^d   Kakuma, Tatsuyuki ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^c Yamanashi Kosei Hospital   (Japan)

^d Kamikawa Hospital Hachioji   (Japan)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, BONE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030066044     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/25.1.22     Document Type: Article

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