The epidemiologic data on falls, 1998-2010: More older Americans report falling

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 443-445

  Cigolle, Christine T ^a   Ha, Jinkyung ^a   Min, Lillian C ^a   Lee, Pearl G ^a   Gure, Tanya R ^b   Alexander, Neil B ^a   Blaum, Caroline S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMERICAN; DISABILITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FALLING; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; VERY ELDERLY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84924045141     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: 21686114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.7533     Document Type: Letter

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