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Falls among elderly and its relation with their health problems and surrounding environmental factors in Riyadh
BACKGROUND: Falls among the elderly are one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. They constitute the second leading cause of unintentional deaths after road-traffic accidents. The aim of the study was to estimate the prevalence of falls among the elderly and to investigate the f...
Autores principales: | Alshammari, Sulaiman A., Alhassan, Abdullatif M., Aldawsari, Matar A., Bazuhair, Faisal O., Alotaibi, Fahad K., Aldakhil, Ahmed A., Abdulfattah, Faroq W. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5774040/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29386959 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfcm.JFCM_48_17 |
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