Individual income and falls among the elderly in Latin America

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 180-190

  Trujillo, Antonio J ^a,b   Puvanachandra, Prasanthi ^a,b   Hyder, Adnan A ^a,b  

^a Health Systems Program   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Falls; Income; Latin America; Unintentional injury

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 79952722975     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2010.00662.x     Document Type: Article

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