Epidemiology of falls in the elderly;Epidemiologie von sturzen alterer

Zeitschrift fur Orthopadie und Ihre Grenzgebiete

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 482-485

  Becker, Clemens ^a   Gebhard, F ^b   Muche, R ^c   Scheible, S ^a   Nikolaus, T ^a  

^a Bethesda Geriatrische Klinik Ulm gGmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Elderly population; Injurious falls

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; AGED; ARTICLE; FALLING; FEMUR FRACTURE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RADIUS FRACTURE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GERMANY; MALE; MORTALITY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE;

EID: 0033378361     PISSN: 00443220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1039375     Document Type: Article

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