Fall risk assessment tool

Applied Nursing Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 213-218

  MacAvoy, Suzanne ^a   Skinner, Teresa ^b   Mines, Maria ^b  

^a FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b St Joseph Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030277534     PISSN: 08971897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0897-1897(96)80127-3     Document Type: Article

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