Falls in older people

BMJ

Volumn 337, Issue 7681, 2008, Pages 1247-1248

  Campbell, A John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEDATIVE AGENT; VITAMIN D;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ALARM MONITORING; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEVICE; EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIP FRACTURE; HIP PROTECTOR; HUMAN; INJURY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 57549102078     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a2320     Document Type: Editorial

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