Evaluation of a falls prevention program for independent elderly

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages

  Casteel, Carri ^a,d   Peek Asa, Corinne ^b   Lacsamana, Caroline ^a   Vazquez, Laurie ^c   Kraus, Jess F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Falls; Intervention; Older adult

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SENESCENCE;

EID: 1642444635     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.28.s1.6     Document Type: Article

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