Risk profiles and preventive measures of falls in elderly persons;Risicoprofielen en preventie van vallen bij ouderen

Tijdschrift voor Gerontologie en Geriatrie

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 21-25

  Tromp, Ellen ^a  

^a GGD Midden Nederland   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FALLING; FRACTURE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PROBABILITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; URINE INCONTINENCE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY INCONTINENCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036187158     PISSN: 01679228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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