Don't lose sight of the importance of the individual in effective falls prevention interventions

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Hill, Keith ^a,b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL AGEING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FALL RISK; FALLING; HUMAN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; AGING; EDITORIAL; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGING; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 65149096986     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-9-13     Document Type: Article

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