Falls, injuries due to falls, and the risk of admission to a nursing home

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 337, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 1279-1284

  Tinetti, Mary E ^a   Williams, Christianna S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOMES; ODDS RATIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0030731486     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199710303371806     Document Type: Article

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