Utilitarian walking, neighborhood environment, and risk of outdoor falls among older adults

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Li, Wenjun ^a   Procter Gray, Elizabeth ^a   Lipsitz, Lewis A ^b   Leveille, Suzanne G ^c   Hackman, Holly ^d   Biondolillo, Madeleine ^d   Hannan, Marian T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECREATION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; BOSTON; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECREATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; WALKING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84906078064     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302104     Document Type: Article

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