Factors related to falls among the community-dwelling elderly

Journal of Nursing

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 39-48

  Chin, Mau Yu ^a,c   Lu, Der Fa ^b   Wu, Mei Hui ^a  

^a TZU CHI COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^c NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Balance ability; Community dwelling elderly; Fall; Perceived health

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM;

EID: 46249103253     PISSN: 0047262X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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