Falls and hospitalized Patients with Cancer: A review of the literature

Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 784-792

  Allan Gibbs, Rebecca ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FALLING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79952473398     PISSN: 10921095     EISSN: 1538067X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/10.CJON.784-792     Document Type: Article

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