A comparison of falls efficacy among older United States adults living independently and in group dwellings: Health education implications

International Quarterly of Community Health Education

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-74

  Yanness, John F ^a   Koceja, David M ^b  

^a Wall College of Business   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF EFFICACY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644595200     PISSN: 0272684X     EISSN: 15413519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/6M27-K70B-KHWX-PX48     Document Type: Article

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