Footwear and falls in the home among older individuals in the MOBILIZE Boston study

Footwear Science

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 123-129

  Kelsey, Jennifer L ^a   Procter Gray, Elizabeth ^a   Nguyenb, Uyen Sa D T ^b,c   Li, Wenjun ^a   Kiel, Douglas P ^b,c   Hannan, Marian T ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Elderly; Falls; Footwear; Population based study; Shoes

Indexed keywords

RISK ASSESSMENT;

COHORT STUDIES; ELDERLY; FALLS; FOOTWEAR; POPULATION-BASED STUDY; SHOES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

EID: 79958268444     PISSN: 19424280     EISSN: 19424299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19424280.2010.491074     Document Type: Article

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