Nursing Home Falls: A Local Perspective

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 795-800

  Yap, Lin Kiat Philip ^a   Au, S Y L ^a   Ang, Y H ^a   Ee, C H ^b  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Bright Vision Hospital   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Dementia; Elderly; Gait disorders

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFUSION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FALLING; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE;

EID: 1042302809     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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