Falls among the elderly: key is prevention, not detection

Journal of Assistive Technologies

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 25-28

  Kinsella, Audrey ^a  

^a Information for Tomorrow Home Telehealth Research and Planning Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Falls; Monitoring; Prevention; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993043390     PISSN: 17549450     EISSN: 20428723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5042/jat.2010.0487     Document Type: Review

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