The prevalence and cost of the faint and fall problem in the state of Utah

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 278-283

  Malasana, Gangadhar ^a   Brignole, Michele ^a   Daccarett, Marcos ^a   Sherwood, Randall ^a   Hamdan, Mohamed H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

cost; faint; fall; Utah

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; COST OF ILLNESS; FAINTNESS; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SYNCOPE; UTAH;

EID: 79952476867     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2010.02930.x     Document Type: Article

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