Underevaluation of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Patients With Nonaccidental Falls

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 173-180

  Daccarett, Marcos ^a   Brignole, Michele ^a,b   Malasana, Gangadhar R ^a   Sherwood, Randall P ^a   Jetter, Tawni L ^a   Hamdan, Mohamed H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

cardiovascular disorder; falls; postfall assessment; prevention; risk factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990321411     PISSN: 21501319     EISSN: 21501327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2150131911405212     Document Type: Article

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