Age and sex significantly influence fall risk in community-dwelling elderly people in Japan: Letters to the editor

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 930-932

  Ishimoto, Yasuko ^a   Wada, Taizo ^b   Hirosaki, Mayumi ^a   Kasahara, Yoriko ^a   Kimura, Yumi ^a   Konno, Akiko ^a   Nakatsuka, Masahiro ^b   Sakamoto, Ryota ^c   Ishine, Masayuki ^c   Okumiya, Kiyohito ^c   Fujisawa, Michiko ^d   Otsuka, Kuniaki ^e   Matsubayashi, Kozo ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^d WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER OF KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FALL RISK; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRICS; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LETTER; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 65449143547     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02242.x     Document Type: Letter

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