Prevalence, outcome and risk for falling in 155 ambulatory patients with rheumatic disease

APLAR Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 99-105

  Brand, Caroline ^a,b   Aw, Juan ^a   Lowe, Adrian ^b   Morton, Catherine ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accident prevention; Accidental falls; Prevention; Rheumatic diseases; Risk

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27844572562     PISSN: 02190494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8077.2005.00136.x     Document Type: Article

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