Falls among elderly persons in Latin America and the Caribbean and among elderly Mexican-Americans

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 362-369

  Reyes Ortiz, Carlos A ^a   Al Snih, Soham ^a   Markides, Kyriakos S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Caribbean; Latin America; Mexican Americans; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH RISK; INJURY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BARBADOS; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LATIN AMERICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 21644433913     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892005000500008     Document Type: Article

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