Compliance with external hip protectors in nursing homes in Norway

Injury Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 344-349

  Forsen L ^a   Sandvig, S ^b   Schuller, A ^c   Sogaard A J ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b Kreftforeningen   (Norway)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; BED; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING HOME; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 11444258456     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2004.005124     Document Type: Article

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