Incidence rates of falls among Japanese men and women living in Hawaii

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 589-594

  Davis, James W ^a   Ross, Philip D ^a   Nevitt, Michael C ^b   Wasnich, Richard D ^a  

^a Hawaii Osteoporosis Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Epidemiology; Ethnicity; Falls; Injury; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FALLING; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HAWAII; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0030973052     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(96)00430-1     Document Type: Article

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