The course of disability before and after a serious fall injury

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 1780-1786

  Gill, Thomas M ^a   Murphy, Terrence E ^a   Gahbauer, Evelyne A ^a   Allore, Heather G ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARM FRACTURE; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FALL INJURY; FALLING; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INJURY; LEG FRACTURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIB FRACTURE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84887111961     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.9063     Document Type: Article

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