Exercise and risk of injurious fall in home-dwelling elderly

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 67, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 235-244

  Iinattiniemi, Sari ^a,b   Jokelainen, Jari ^a,b   Luukinen, Heikki ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Accidental fall; Ageing; Exercise; Fall; Injury; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 46149108354     PISSN: 12399744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v67i2-3.18279     Document Type: Article

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