Predictors of falls in a high risk population: Results from the prevention of falls in the elderly trial (PROFET)

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 421-425

  Close, Jacqueline C T ^a   Hooper, R ^a   Glucksman, E ^b   Jackson, S H D ^a   Swift, C G ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL TEST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0141719473     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.20.5.421     Document Type: Article

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