Falls in the elderly

Geriatrics Today: Journal of the Canadian Geriatrics Society

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 28-31

  Verma, S ^a   Pickett, W ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aged; Falls; Intervention; Prevention; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FALLING; GAIT DISORDER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0034986497     PISSN: 14963892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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