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Risk factors for falls in older adults in a South African Urban Community

BACKGROUND: Studies on falls in older adults have mainly been conducted in high income countries. Scant, if any, information exists on risk factors for falls in the older population of sub-Saharan African countries. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey and a 12-month follow-up study were conducted to d...

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Autores principales:	Kalula, Sebastiana Zimba, Ferreira, Monica, Swingler, George H., Badri, Motasim
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2016
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4766747/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26912129 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-016-0212-7

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