Falls among community-dwelling elderly: A pilot study of prevalence, circumstances and consequences in Flanders;Valincidenten bij thuiswonende ouderen: Een pilotstudie naar prevalentie, omstandigheden en gevolgen in Vlaanderen

Tijdschrift voor Gerontologie en Geriatrie

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-20

  Milisen, Koen ^a,g   Detroch, Els ^b   Bellens, Kim ^c   Braes, Tom ^a   Dierickx, Katrien ^a   Smeulders, Willy ^d   Teughels, Stefan ^e   Dejaeger, Eddy ^f   Boonen, Steven ^a   Pelemans, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Verpleegkundige Spoedgevallen   (Belgium)

^c OCMW Duffel ^*  (Belgium)

^d Socioloog en Seniorenconsulent   (Belgium)

^e H Med Stafm Lok Gezond(LOGO) Z   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^g UZ Leuven   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL ASPECT; WELLBEING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; BELGIUM; CAUSALITY; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 12144288647     PISSN: 01679228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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