Content validity of an assessment tool to identify home fall hazards: The Westmead Home Safety Assessment

British Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 171-179

  Clemson, Lindy ^a   Fitzgerald, Maureen H ^b   Heard, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALLING; HAZARD; HOME ACCIDENT; HOME CARE; HUMAN; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032894564     PISSN: 03080226     EISSN: 14776006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030802269906200407     Document Type: Review

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