Falls among older adults seen at a São Paulo State public hospital: Causes and consequences;Causas e conseqüências de quedas de idosos atendidos em hospital público

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 93-99

  Coelho Fabrício, Suzele Cristina ^a,b   Partezani Rodrigues, Rosalina A ^a   Lobo da Costa Jr , Moacyr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Aged; Aging health; Cost of illness; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BATH; BRAZIL; CLIMBING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GERIATRIC CARE; HOME; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; WALKING;

EID: 0942298865     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102004000100013     Document Type: Article

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