Falls and vestibular impairment

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 179-182

  Pothula, V B ^a,b   Chew, F ^a   Lesser, T H J ^a   Sharma, A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL ALBERT EDWARD INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Falls; Vertigo; Vestibular impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VESTIBULAR DISEASES;

EID: 2042480697     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0307-7772.2004.00785.x     Document Type: Article

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