Falling is not just for older women: Support for pre-emptive prevention intervention before 60

Climacteric

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 461-466

  Nitz, J C ^a   Low Choy, N L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Falls; Risk factors; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSALITY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUEENSLAND; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 57349164802     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: 14730804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13697130802398517     Document Type: Article

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