Visual impairment and falls: A register study

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 366-372

  Källstrand Ericson, Jeanette ^a,b   Hildingh, Cathrine ^a  

^a HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Länssjukhuset ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Documentation; Falls; Nursing intervention; Older; Opthalmology; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DOCUMENTATION; FALLING; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; NURSING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; VISUAL DISORDER;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; DOCUMENTATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; NURSING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 58349121732     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02516.x     Document Type: Article

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