Psychosocial risk factors associated with falls among Chinese community-dwelling older adults in Hong Kong

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 272-281

  Leung, Angela ^a   Chi, Iris ^b   Lou, Vivian W Q ^a   Chan, Kin Sun ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

Chinese; Falls; Living alone; Psychosocial factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953819230     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2009.00900.x     Document Type: Article

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