The fall rate of older community-dwelling cancer patients

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 775-783

  Puts, Martine T E ^a,b   Monette, Johanne ^b   Girre, Veronique ^b,c   Wolfson, Christina ^d   Monette, Michèle ^b   Batist, Gerald ^b   Bergman, Howard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Centre Hospitalier Departemental   (France)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cancer treatment; Falls; Frail elderly; Geriatric oncology

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; FALLING; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84874110579     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-012-1579-4     Document Type: Article

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