Analyzing the occurrence of falls and its risk factors: Some considerations

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 298-302

  Navarro, Albert ^a   Ancizu, Iciar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Fundacion SAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Likelihood functions; Proportional hazards model; Recurrence; Risk factors; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL TIME;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 61649104289     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2008.12.019     Document Type: Article

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