Why multifactorial fall-prevention interventions may not work

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1117-1119

  Mahoney, Jane E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; FALL RISK; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; NOTE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREVENTION STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FRACTURES, BONE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954606818     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.193     Document Type: Note

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