Preventing falls in older adults

Hospital Practice

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 117-120

  Rigler, Sally K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXERCISE; FALLING; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0033567307     PISSN: 87502836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21548331.1999.11443894     Document Type: Article

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