Prevalence and risk factors of injurious falls in community-dwellers aged 12-64 in Taiwan

Taiwan Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-24

  Tsai, Yih Jian ^a   Yeh, Chun Chih ^a   Lan, Tzuo Yun ^b   Chang, Cui Wen ^a   Hurng, Baai Shyun ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Injurious falls; National Health Interview Survey Taiwan; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649086387     PISSN: 10232141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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