Targeting Environmental Factors to Reduce Elderly In-Patient Falls

Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 76-84

  Hignett, Sue ^a   Sands, Gina ^a   Youde, Jane ^b   Griffiths, Paula ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DERBY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84973122773     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/EBK1439834978-13     Document Type: Chapter

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