Racial/ethnic predictors of falls among older adults: The health and retirement study

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1060-1075

  Nicklett, Emily J ^a   Taylor, Robert Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

ethnicity; fall rates; fall risk; falls; older adults

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNICITY; FALL RATES; FALL RISK; FALLING; FALLS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; OLDER ADULTS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ETHNICITY; FALL RATES; FALL RISK; FALLS; OLDER ADULTS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84905914012     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264314541698     Document Type: Article

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