Falls among institutionalized elderly - A prospective study in four institutions in Finland

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 212-220

  Nurmi, Ilona ^a,b   Sihvonen, Marja ^a   Kataja, Matti ^c   Lüthje, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Kuusankosken Aluesairaala   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

accidental falls; aged; incidence; institution

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; AGED; ARTICLE; FALLING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030461123     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.1996.tb00339.x     Document Type: Article

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