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Home hazards and falls in the elderly: the role of health and functional status.

Author(s) -

Mary E. Northridge,

Michael C. Nevitt,

Jennifer L. Kelsey,

Bruce G. Link

Publication year - 1995

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.85.4.509

Subject(s) - medicine , gerontology , injury prevention , occupational safety and health , poison control , suicide prevention , proportional hazards model , confidence interval , hazard ratio , prospective cohort study , human factors and ergonomics , activities of daily living , environmental health , demography , physical therapy , surgery , pathology , sociology

This study was undertaken to determine whether vigorous and frail older people who identify environmental hazards in their homes have an increased risk for falls.

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