Higher risk of multiple falls among elderly women who lose visual acuity

Ophthalmology

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 857-862

  Coleman, Anne L ^a   Stone, Katie ^b   Ewing, Susan K ^b   Nevitt, Michael ^b   Cummings, Steven ^b   Cauley, Jane A ^c   Ensrud, Kristine E ^d,e   Harris, Emily L ^f   Hochberg, Marc C ^g   Mangione, Carol M ^h  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 2342470813     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2003.09.033     Document Type: Article

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