Falls in elderly patients: Predictable and preventable

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2001, Pages

  Palmer, Robert ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; FALLING; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SYNCOPE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; RISK FACTORS; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0035316255     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.68.4.303     Document Type: Article

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