Vitamin D and in-patient falls

Age and Ageing

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 339-340

  Sahota, Opinder ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

AGED; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DELIRIUM; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RISK REDUCTION; SENSOR;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; ODDS RATIO; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE; VITAMIN D;

EID: 65449141374     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afp012     Document Type: Letter

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