International and ethnic variability of falls in older men

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 194-200

  Karlsson, Magnus ^a   Nilsson, J ^a   Karlsson, Caroline ^a   Cöster, Maria ^a   Vonschewelov, Thord ^a   Rosengren, Björn ^a   Ribom, Eva ^b   Mallmin, Hans ^b   Ljunggren, Osten ^b   Ohlsson, Claes ^c   Mellström, Dan ^d   Lorentzon, Mattias ^d   Leung, P ^e   Lau, Edith ^e   Cauley, Jane ^f   Barrett Connor, Elizabeth ^g   Orwoll, Eric ⁱ  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; falls; fractures; men; occasional; older; recurrent

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FALLING; FALLS; FRACTURE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; OCCASIONAL; OLDER; RECURRENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; FALLS; FRACTURES; MEN; OCCASIONAL; OLDER; RECURRENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FRACTURES, BONE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84894445892     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494813510789     Document Type: Article

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