Falls among older persons;Caídas en el anciano

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 147-153

  Lázaro Del Nogal, Montserrat ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FALLING; HUMAN; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VISUAL DISORDER;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 68149163903     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: 15788989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medcli.2008.12.029     Document Type: Article

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