Fall prevention: Single or multiple interventions? Single interventions for fall prevention

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 281-284

  Campbell, A John ^a   Robertson, M Clare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

falls; pevention; primary care

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FALL RISK; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FOOT PAIN; FRACTURE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART PACING; HOME SAFETY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RAILWAY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPECTACLES; TAI CHI; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84873967612     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12095_2     Document Type: Article

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