Effective interventions to prevent falls in older people

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 52, Issue 484, 2002, Pages 884-886

  Hampton, Joanna L ^a   Kenny, Rose Anne ^a   Newton, Julia L ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMORBIDITY; EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; FALLING; GAIT; GENERAL MEDICAL AIDS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORBIDITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SHOE; TRAINING; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036843692     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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