Epidemiological analysis of falls among the elderly in Zurich and Geneva;Epidemiologische analyse der sturze bei Betagten in Zurich und Genf

Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 129, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 270-275

  Gostynski, M ^a   Ajdacic Gross, V ^a   Gutzwiller, F ^a   Michel, J P ^b   Herrmann, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Age; Cross sectional studies; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; FALLING; GERIATRIC CARE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING HOME; PREVALENCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWITZERLAND; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FRAIL ELDERLY; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SWITZERLAND; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0033585901     PISSN: 00367672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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