The Risk Factors Related to Falling in Elderly Females

Geriatric Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 58-63

  Keskin, Dilek ^a   Borman, Pinar ^a   Ersöz, Murat ^a   Kurtaran, Aydan ^a   Bodur, Hatice ^a   Akyüz, Müfit ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; RISK FACTOR;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 38949121591     PISSN: 01974572     EISSN: 15283984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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