Falls and the use of health services in community-living elderly people

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 52, Issue 484, 2002, Pages 923-925

  Stoddart, Helen ^a   Sharp, Debbie ^a   Harvey, Ian ^a   Whitley, Elise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCITONIN; CALCIUM; HORMONE; VITAMIN D;

ACCIDENT; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0036842992     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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