Incidence and seasonality of falls amongst old people receiving home help services in a municipality in northern Sweden

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 195-204

  Vikman, Irene ^a   Nordlund, Anders ^b,c   Näslund, Annika ^a   Nyberg, Lars ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Nestor Research and Development Center   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Aged; Aged 80 and over; Cohort studies; Home help services; Incidence; Seasons

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955747759     PISSN: 12399744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v70i2.17813     Document Type: Article

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