Higher incidence of falls in winter among older people in Hong Kong

Journal of Clinical Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-16

  Yeung, Pui Yee ^a   Chau, Pui Hing ^b   Woo, Jean ^a   Yim, Veronica Wai Ting ^a   Rainer, Timothy Hudson ^a  

^a Prince of Wales Hospital   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aged; Elderly; Falls; Seasons; Weather

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELDERLY CARE; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOME FOR THE AGED; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; LIMB WEAKNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; WINTER;

EID: 79953836203     PISSN: 22108335     EISSN: 22108343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcgg.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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