Fall-related injuries among initially 75- and 80-year old people during a 10-year follow-up

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 207-215

  Saari, Päivi ^a   Heikkinen, Eino ^a   Sakari Rantala, Ritva ^a   Rantanen, Taina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Injurious falls; Older people

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEAD INJURY; HIP INJURY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34447651158     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2006.10.012     Document Type: Article

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