Falls Clinics: An opportunity to address frailty and improve health outcomes (preliminary evidence)

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 170-174

  Thomas, Susie ^a   Miller, Michelle ^a   Whitehead, Craig ^a   Crotty, Maria ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged; Falls; Frailty; Function; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY WEIGHT; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PILOT STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77953092065     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324792     Document Type: Article

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