Falls in older adults

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 590-595

  Bradley, Sara M ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

fall prevention; falls; older adults

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; VITAMIN D;

AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; GAIT DISORDER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; LONG TERM CARE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYPHARMACY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDING; UNITED STATES; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; POSTURAL BALANCE; RISK FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 79960274594     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: 19317581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/msj.20280     Document Type: Article

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