Risk factors for falls in the chinese elderly population

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1996, Pages

  Ho, Suzanne C ^a   Woo, Jean ^a   Chan, Sophie S G ^a   Yuen, Y K ^a   Sham, Aprille ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HEALTH STATUS; HIP FRACTURE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; VERTIGO;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRALGIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030404173     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/51A.5.M195     Document Type: Article

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