An ecological study of physical environmental risk factors for elderly falls in an urban setting of Hong Kong

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 6157-6165

  Poh Chin, Lai ^a   Martin, Wong ^b   Ming Houng, Chan ^b   Wing Cheung, Wong ^c   Chien Tat, Low ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c Department of Orthopaedic and Traumatology ^*  (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Ecological study; Elderly falls; Environmental health; Fall hot spots

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; ASSOCIATIVE ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TESTS; CONVENTIONAL APPROACH; ECOLOGICAL STUDIES; ECOLOGICAL STUDY; ELDERLY FALLS; ENVIRONMENTAL ATTRIBUTES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTIC; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK FACTOR; FALL HOT SPOTS; HONG-KONG; HOT SPOT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS; URBAN SETTINGS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; REFUSE COLLECTION; STATISTICAL TESTS;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

AGING POPULATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ELDERLY POPULATION; GIS; RISK FACTOR; URBAN AREA; VISUALIZATION;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPACE; URBAN AREA;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; CITIES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

EID: 70350342007     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.08.042     Document Type: Article

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