Telephone and face-to-face interviews generate similar falls circumstances information from community-dwelling adults with stroke

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 295-296

  Mackintosh, Shylie ^a   Fryer, Caroline ^a   Hill, Keith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; FALLING; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LETTER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; STROKE; TELECONSULTATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; STROKE;

EID: 67650496200     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2009.00392.x     Document Type: Letter

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