Discriminating high fall risk on an inpatient rehabilitation unit

Rehabilitation Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 234-240

  Gilewski, Michael J ^a,b   Roberts, Pamela ^c   Hirata, Jodi ^c   Riggs, Richard ^c  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cedars Sinai Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident prevention; Accidental falls; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 37549047222     PISSN: 02784807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2048-7940.2007.tb00180.x     Document Type: Article

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