Increased concern is protective for falls in Chinese older people: The chopstix fall risk study

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 946-953

  Kwan, Marcella M S ^a,b   Tsang, William W N ^c   Lin, Sang I ^d   Greenaway, Mark ^a   Close, Jacqueline C T ^a,b   Lord, Stephen R ^a,b  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Aged; Ethnicity; Falls efficacy; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUSTRALIA; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; FALLING; FALLS EFFICACY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TAIWAN; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; ETHNICITY; FALLS EFFICACY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84880518372     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/gls338     Document Type: Article

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