Chronic medical conditions and risk of fall injury events at home in older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 739-743

  Herndon, James G ^a   Helmick, Charles G ^b   Sattin, Richard W ^b   Stevens, Judy A ^a,b   De Vito, Carolee ^c   Wingo, Phyllis A ^d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FALLING; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT;

EID: 0030988116     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb01480.x     Document Type: Article

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