Falls

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 309-315

  Colledge, Nicki ^a  

^a NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DISOPYRAMIDE; EPHEDRINE; FLUDROCORTISONE; THEOPHYLLINE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; FALLING; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INJURY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PROPRIOCEPTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0031439340     PISSN: 09592598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959259897007442     Document Type: Review

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