National campaign to prevent falls in the elderly population September 27;Campanha nacional de prevenção a quedas de idosos dia 27 de setembro: Dia de atendimento ao idoso com tontura

Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 162-

  Ganança, Fernando F ^a   Mezzalira, Raquel ^b   Cruz, Oswaldo Laércio M ^a,c,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d Universidade de São Paulo ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALANCE DISORDER; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIZZINESS; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FALLING; GAIT DISORDER; HEALTH PROGRAM; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; AGED; BRAZIL; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; RISK FACTOR;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, HOME; AGED; BRAZIL; DIZZINESS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; VESTIBULAR DISEASES;

EID: 49349107256     PISSN: 18088694     EISSN: 18088686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1808-8694(15)31083-1     Document Type: Editorial

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