Designing the Home Falls and Accidents Screening Tool (HOME FAST): Selecting the items

British Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 260-269

  Mackenzie, Lynette ^a   Byles, Julie ^a   Higginbotham, Nick ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FALLING; HAZARD; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; PSYCHOMETRY; SAFETY; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0033918541     PISSN: 03080226     EISSN: 14776006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030802260006300604     Document Type: Article

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