Monitoring falls in cohort studies of community-dwelling older women

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 733-734

  Sanders, Kerrie M ^a   Hayles, Amanda L ^a   Kotowicz, Mark A ^a   Nicholson, Geoff C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FALL RISK; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; NORMAL HUMAN; RECALL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 63849250453     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02205.x     Document Type: Letter

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