Prevention of falls in older people living in the community

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 353, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Vieira, Edgar R ^a   Palmer, Richard C ^b   Chaves, Paulo H M ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; MALE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84964814967     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i1419     Document Type: Review

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