Falls definition - Reliability of patients' own reports [7]

Age and Ageing

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 450-451

  Dickens, J ^a   Jones, M ^a   Johansen, Antony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 33745409659     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afl016     Document Type: Letter

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