Circumstances of falls resulting in hip fractures among older people

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1108-1112

  Norton, Robyn ^a   Campbell, A John ^b   Lee Joe, Trevor ^a   Robinson, Elizabeth ^a   Butler, Meg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FALLING; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0030843032     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb05975.x     Document Type: Article

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