Improving access to comprehensive injury risk assessment and risk factor reduction in older adult populations

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 676-678

  Pressley, Joyce C ^a,b   Barlow, Barbara ^c   Quitel, Lodze ^d   Jafri, Aisha ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b Injury Free Coalition   (United States)

^c Injury Free Coalition ^*  (United States)

^d HARLEM HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; DEVICE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INJURY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEW YORK CITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SAFETY; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33947531136     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.091140     Document Type: Article

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