Falls and fall injuries among adults with arthritis — United States, 2012

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn , Issue 17, 2014, Pages 379-383

  Barbour, Kamil E ^a   Stevens, Judy A ^b   Helmick, Charles G ^a   Luo, Yao Hua ^a   Murphy, Louise B ^a   Hootman, Jennifer M ^a   Theis, Kristina ^a   Anderson, Lynda A ^a   Baker, Nancy A ^c   Sugerman, David E ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; FALLING; HUMAN; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTHRITIS; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84899532246     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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