Perceptions of older people living in the community about their fear of falling

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 30, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 1803-1811

  Lee, Fiona ^a   MacKenzie, Lynette ^b   James, Carole ^c  

^a Morisset Hospital   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Fear of falls; Older people

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTROSPECTION; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 57049161585     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280701669508     Document Type: Article

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