Fall incidence and outcomes of falls in a prospective study of adults with rheumatoid arthritis

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 737-744

  Stanmore, Emma K ^a   Oldham, Jackie ^a   Skelton, Dawn A ^b   O'Neill, Terence ^a   Pilling, Mark ^a   Campbell, A John ^c   Todd, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876715726     PISSN: 2151464X     EISSN: 21514658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.21892     Document Type: Article

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