A stepwise approach to a comprehensive post-fall assessment

Annals of Long-Term Care

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 16-24

  Gray Miceli, Deanna ^a   Johnson, Jerry ^b   Strumpf, Neville ^c  

^a NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

^b Division of Geriatric Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN INJURY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FALLING; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

EID: 31544444977     PISSN: 15247929     EISSN: 15247929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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