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Association between anemia and falls in community-dwelling older people: cross-sectional results from the KORA-Age study

BACKGROUND: Falls and fractures are among the principal causes of disability, and mortality of older people. Therefore, identifying treatable risk factors for falls in this population is very important. Here we evaluate the association between anemia and falls in community-dwelling people aged 65 ye...

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Autores principales: Thaler-Kall, Kathrin, Döring, Angela, Peters, Annette, Thorand, Barbara, Grill, Eva, Koenig, Wolfgang, Horsch, Alexander, Meisinger, Christa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3973957/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24602338
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-14-29