Falls and osteoporotic fractures prevention units. Proposed Osteoporosis, Falls and Fractures Group of the Spanish Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology;Unidades de prevención de caídas y de fracturas osteoporóticas. Propuesta del Grupo de Osteoporosis, Caídas y Fracturas de la Sociedad Española de Geriatría y Gerontología

Revista Espanola de Geriatria y Gerontologia

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 268-274

  Duaso, Enric ^a   Casas, Álvaro ^b   Formiga, Francesc ^c   Lázaro del Nogal, Montserrat ^d   Salvà, Antoni ^e   Marcellán, Teresa ^f   Navarro, Carmen ^f  

^a Servicio de Geriatria   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Navarra   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f Casa de Misericordia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Elderly; Fall; Fall prevention units

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNITY; FALLING; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REGISTER; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 80054748662     PISSN: 0211139X     EISSN: 15781747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regg.2011.05.002     Document Type: Short Survey

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