Falls on integrated medical wards

Gerontology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 158-162

  Vassallo, Michael ^a   Amersey, Rajiv A ^a   Sharma, Jagdish C ^a   Allen, Stephen C ^b  

^a King's Mill Centre ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BOURNEMOUTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environment; Falls, elderly; Integrated medical wards

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FALLING; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WARD;

EID: 0034031327     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000022152     Document Type: Article

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