First eye cataract surgery and hospitalization from injuries due to a fall: A population-based study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1730-1733

  Meuleners, Lynn B ^a   Lee, Andy H ^a   Ng, Jonathon Q ^a   Morlet, Nigel ^b   Fraser, Michelle L ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

cataract surgery; falls; population based study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FALLING; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84866412371     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04098.x     Document Type: Article

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