Preventing falls among elderly people in the hospital environment

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 184, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 372-373

  Kannus, Pekka ^a,b,c   Khan, Karim M ^d,e   Lord, Stephen R ^f  

^a UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AUSTRALIA; BALANCE DISORDER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; EDITORIAL; FALLING; GAIT DISORDER; GERIATRIC CARE; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INJURY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 33646263123     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00283.x     Document Type: Editorial

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