Predicting falls in older patients using components of a comprehensive geriatric assessment

Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 941-949

  Overcash, Janine A ^a   Beckstead, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING; PATIENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 58949104196     PISSN: 10921095     EISSN: 1538067X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/08.CJON.941-949     Document Type: Article

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