Falls in the elderly - Assessment, therapy and prevention;Stürze älterer menschen - Vom sturz-assessment zu abklärung und prävention

Therapeutische Umschau

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 733-738

  Goetz, Stefan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FALLING; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; RISK FACTOR; SYNCOPE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; CAUSALITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RISK FACTORS; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0042905850     PISSN: 00405930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0040-5930.57.12.733     Document Type: Article

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