Body mass index, falls, and injurious falls among U.S. adults: Findings from the 2014 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue , 2016, Pages 217-223

  Ylitalo, Kelly R ^a   Karvonen Gutierrez, Carrie A ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Falls; Injury falls; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; FALL RISK; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP; UNDERWEIGHT; UNITED STATES; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84986617416     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.08.044     Document Type: Article

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