The KAP evaluation of intervention on fall-induced injuries among elders in a safe community in Shanghai, China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Zhang, Ling ling ^a   Dalal, Koustuv ^b   Yin, Ming min ^a   Yuan, De guo ^a   Andrews, Johanna Yvonne ^c   Wang, Shu mei ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84858986239     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032848     Document Type: Article

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