Utility of the mean cumulative function in the analysis of fall events

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 415-419

  Donaldson, Meghan G ^a   Sobolev, Boris ^a   Kuramoto, Lisa ^a   Cook, Wendy L ^a   Khan, Karim M ^a   Janssen, Patti A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALL RISK; FALLING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN CUMULATIVE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; AGED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RECURRENCE;

EID: 34250346934     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/62.4.415     Document Type: Article

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