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Characteristics of outdoor falls among older people: a qualitative study

BACKGROUND: Falls are a major threat to older people’s health and wellbeing. Approximately half of falls occur in outdoor environments but little is known about the circumstances in which they occur. We conducted a qualitative study to explore older people’s experiences of outdoor falls to develop u...

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Autores principales: Nyman, Samuel R, Ballinger, Claire, Phillips, Judith E, Newton, Rita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3835551/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24245830
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-13-125