Where is the vision for fall prevention?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 676-677

  Tinetti, M E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; VISION DISORDERS; VISION SCREENING;

EID: 0034995256     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49132.x     Document Type: Editorial

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