Validation of a fall-risk screening test, the Elderly Fall Screening Test (EFST), for community-dwelling elderly

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 161-167

  Cwikel, Julie G ^a   Fried, A Veronica ^b   Biderman, Aya ^a   Galinsky, David ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Elderly; Falls; Screening test

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; FALLING; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MORBIDITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0031946542     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638289809166077     Document Type: Article

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