Sex differences in circumstances and consequences of outdoor and indoor falls in older adults in the MOBILIZE Boston cohort study

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Duckham, Rachel L ^a   Procter Gray, Elizabeth ^a   Hannan, Marian T ^b   Leveille, Suzanne G ^c   Lipsitz, Lewis A ^b   Li, Wenjun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Falls; Gender; Injury; Physical activity; Sex; Space use

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BOSTON; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84889023570     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-13-133     Document Type: Article

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