Falls among healthy, community-dwelling, older women: A prospective study of frequency, circumstances, consequences and prediction accuracy

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-48

  Hill, Keith ^a   Schwarz, Jenny ^b   Flicker, Leon ^b   Carroll, Sara ^b  

^a NATIONAL AGEING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0032967420     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1999.tb01203.x     Document Type: Article

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