Prevention of falls - A time to translate evidence into practice

Age and Ageing

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 98-100

  Close, Jacqueline C T ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL STUDY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FALLING; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERIODICALS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 14744300366     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afi052     Document Type: Editorial

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