Dementia as risk factor for severe bone fractures among the elderly;Demência como factor de risco para fraturas graves em idosos

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 448-454

  de Mesquita Carvalho, Aline ^a   da Silva Freire Coutinho, Evandro ^a  

^a Saude da Escola Nacl de Saude Pub   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Accidental falls, prevention control; Aging health; Case control studies; Dementia; Fractures, prevention control; Mental health; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FRACTURE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; AGE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 11244317399     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102002000400010     Document Type: Article

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