Falls among older adults in the South of Brazil: prevalence and determinants

OBJECTIVE: Evaluate the prevalence and the factors associated with the occurrence of falls among older adults. METHODS: A cross-sectional study with a representative sample of 1,451 elderly residents in the urban area of Pelotas, RS, in 2014. A descriptive analysis of the data was performed and the...

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Autores principales: Vieira, Luna S, Gomes, Ana Paula, Bierhals, Isabel O, Farías-Antúnez, Simone, Ribeiro, Camila G, Miranda, Vanessa I A, Lutz, Bárbara H, Barbosa-Silva, Thiago G, Lima, Natália P, Bertoldi, Andréa D, Tomasi, Elaine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo 2018
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5825131/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29489998
http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/S1518-8787.2018052000103

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5825131/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29489998
http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/S1518-8787.2018052000103

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