Can hip protector use cost-effectively prevent fractures in community-dwelling geriatric patients? [4]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 959-960

  Drinka, Paul J ^a,b,c  

^a Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; FALLING; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; NURSING CARE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHEAR STRENGTH;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; PROTECTIVE DEVICES;

EID: 34347327157     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01182.x     Document Type: Letter

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