Home environment and fall at home among the elderly in Masjid Tanah Province

Journal of Health and Translational Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 72-82

  Rizawati, M ^a   Mas Ayu, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Elderly; Falls; Home environment; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FALLING; FEMALE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALAYSIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 77953384469     PISSN: 18237339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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