Home environmental hazards among community-dwelling elderly in taiwan

Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-57

  Huang, Tzu Ting ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Falls; Home environmental hazards; The elderly

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; FURNITURE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOME ACCIDENT; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TAIWAN;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, HOME; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEAR; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAIWAN;

EID: 22044445111     PISSN: 16823141     EISSN: 1948965X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jnr.0000387525.99770.c5     Document Type: Article

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