Falls in the elderly of the Family Health Program

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 317-322

  Coimbra, Arlete Maria Valente ^a   Ricci, Natalia Aquaroni ^a   Coimbra, Ibsen Bellini ^a   Costallat, Lílian Tereza Lavras ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aging health; Falls of elderly; Family Health Program in Brazil

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEARING DISORDER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REINFORCEMENT; SHORT FORM 36;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77957351486     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.01.010     Document Type: Article

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