Falls and the elderly: Is there any difference in the developing world?. A cross-sectional study from Turkey

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 351-359

  Halil, Meltem ^a   Ulger, Zekeriya ^b   Cankurtaran, Mustafa ^a   Shorbagi, Ali ^b   Yavuz, Burcu Balam ^a   Dede, Didem ^b   Ozkayar, Nihal ^b   Ariogul, Servet ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Correlates of geriatric assessments; Cross sectional study; Developing country; Falls in elderly

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 33750425001     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2005.12.005     Document Type: Article

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