What do older people know about safety on stairs?

Ageing and Society

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 759-776

  Haslam, Roger A ^a   Sloane, Joanne ^a   Hill, L Denise ^a   Brooke Wavell, Katherine ^a   Howarth, Peter ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Falls; Older people; Qualitative research; Safety; Stairs

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION;

EID: 0035574218     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X01008364     Document Type: Article

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