Home modifications to reduce injuries from falls in the Home Injury Prevention Intervention (HIPI) study: A cluster-randomised controlled trial

The Lancet

Volumn 385, Issue 9964, 2015, Pages 231-238

  Keall, Michael D ^a   Pierse, Nevil ^a   Howden Chapman, Philippa ^a   Cunningham, Chris ^b   Cunningham, Malcolm ^d   Guria, Jagadish ^c   Baker, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c Newlands   (New Zealand)

^d Building Research Association of New Zealand Limited   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOME SAFETY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; INFANT; INJURY; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VERY ELDERLY; ADOLESCENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HOME ACCIDENT; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIGHTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921306292     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61006-0     Document Type: Article

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