Who will fall again? Predictors of further falls in one year following an injurious fall

European Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 145-149

  Bonnerup Vind, A ^a   Andersen, H E ^a   Pedersen, K D ^c   Joergensen, T ^a,b   Schwarz, P ^a,b  

^a GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Accidental fall; Fall prevention; Fear of falling; Older people; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVENTION STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 79960917668     PISSN: 18787649     EISSN: 18787657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurger.2011.05.010     Document Type: Article

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