Wheelchair users at home: Few home modifications and many injurious falls

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 48-

  Berg, Katherine ^a,b   Hines, Marilyn ^a   Allen, Susan ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FALLING; HOME CARE; INJURY; PREVALENCE; SAFETY; WHEELCHAIR;

EID: 0036460136     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.92.1.48     Document Type: Article

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