A slip and a trip? Falls in older people in Asia

Injury

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 701-702

  Jagnoor, Jagnoor ^a   Keay, Lisa ^a   Ivers, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ASIA; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM INTAKE; CATARACT; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; FALLING; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH STATUS; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NURSING HOME; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PERIPHERAL VISION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION CENTER; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SUN EXPOSURE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84877757245     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2013.03.009     Document Type: Editorial

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