Falls incidence, risk factors, and consequences in Chinese older people: A systematic review

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 536-543

  Kwan, Marcella Mun San ^a,b   Close, Jacqueline C T ^a,b   Wong, Alfred Kwok Wai ^a,b   Lord, Stephen R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Aged; Chinese; Incidence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHINA; CHINESE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FALL RISK; FALLING; FEAR; FRACTURE; GENDER; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE; MACAO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SINGAPORE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAIWAN; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79952549776     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03286.x     Document Type: Article

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