Prevalence and associated factors of a single fall and recurrent falls in an urban elderly population

Taiwan Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 330-340

  Chang, Nien Tzu ^a   Yang, Nan Ping ^a,b   Lee, Chen Hsen ^a,c   Chou, Pesus ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAO YUAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

A single fall; Recurrent falls; The elderly

Indexed keywords

EID: 55849123004     PISSN: 10232141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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