A small-area study of environmental risk assessment of outdoor falls

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1543-1552

  Lai, Poh Chin ^a   Wong, Wing Cheung ^b   Low, Chien Tat ^a   Wong, Martin ^b   Chan, Ming Houng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Environmental risk assessment; GIS; Outdoor falls; Small area study; Spatial clustering

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; FALLING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84856225371     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: 1573689X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-010-9431-1     Document Type: Article

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