Prevalence of selected risk and protective factors for falls in the home

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 95-101

  Marshall, Stephen W ^a,b,c   Runyan, Carol W ^a,b,c   Yang, Jingzhen ^a,b   Coyne Beasley, Tamera ^a,c   Waller, Anna E ^a,b,c   Johnson, Renee M ^a,b   Perkis, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; MALE; RANDOMIZATION; RESIDENTIAL HOME; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 11144229722     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2004.09.015     Document Type: Review

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