Fall incidence in Germany: Results of two population-based studies, and comparison of retrospective and prospective falls data collection methods

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Rapp, Kilian ^a,b   Freiberger, Ellen ^c   Todd, Chris ^d   Klenk, Jochen ^a,b   Becker, Clemens ^a   Denkinger, Michael ^e   Scheidt Nave, Christa ^f   Fuchs, Judith ^f  

^a ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e Agaplesion Bethesda Clinic   (Germany)

^f ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Epidemiology; Independent living; Population based

Indexed keywords

AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FALLING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84907441230     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-14-105     Document Type: Article

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