Nutritional status and falls in community-dwelling older people: A longitudinal study of a population-based random sample

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Chien, Ming Hung ^a   Guo, How Ran ^b,c  

^a CHUNG HWA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FALLING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL HISTORY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROGNOSIS; RANDOM SAMPLE; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TAIWAN;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84897507287     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091044     Document Type: Article

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