Development of a tool to assess risk for falls in women in hospital obstetric units

Nursing for Women's Health

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 98-107

  Heafner, Linh ^a   Suda, Deborah ^a   Casalenuovo, Nicole ^a   Leach, Linda Searle ^b,c   Erickson, Virginia ^a   Gawlinski, Anna ^b  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Falls; Falls risk assessment; Obstetric falls; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876474569     PISSN: 17514851     EISSN: 1751486X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1751-486X.12018     Document Type: Article

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