Factors explaining falls in elderly subjects leading to acute-care hospitalization;Facteurs explicatifs de la chute du sujet age, motif d'admission en medecine aigue

Presse Medicale

Volumn 29, Issue 28, 2000, Pages 1544-1548

  Beauchet, O ^a   Eynard Valhorgues, F ^a   Blanchon, M A ^a   Terrat, C ^a   Gonthier, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; VISUAL DISORDER;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ENGLISH ABSTRACT; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034734643     PISSN: 07554982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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