Morbidity, risk factors and consequences;Morbilidad, factores de riesgo y consecuencias de las caídas en ancianos

Fisioterapia

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 142-151

  Da Silva Gama, Zenewton André ^a,b   Gomez Conesa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accidental fall; Elderly; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849116562     PISSN: 02115638     EISSN: 15782107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0211-5638(08)72972-9     Document Type: Review

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