Incidence and associated factors for single and recurrent falls among the elderly in an urban community of Beijing

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 939-949

  Shi, Jing ^a   Zhou, Bai Yu ^b   Tao, Yong Kang ^c   Yu, Pu Lin ^b   Zhang, Chuan Fang ^d   Qin, Zhao Hui ^e   Sun, Zhen Qiu ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^c CHINA JAPAN FRIENDSHIP HOSPITAL   (China)

^d Hunan Institute for Tuberculosis Control   (China)

^e XUZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Falls; Incidence; Prevention; Related factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; CHINA; CITY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; CITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RECURRENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84920518217     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3967/bes2014.134     Document Type: Article

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