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Knowledge and Perception of Falls among Community Dwelling Elderly: A Study from Southern Sri Lanka

The knowledge and perception of falls facilitate a better pathway to improve the health status among the elderly. Knowledge and perception of falls among community dwelling elderly were assessed in 300 participants (175 females) aged 65 years and above using an interviewer-administered questionnaire...

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Autores principales:	Gamage, Nirmala, Rathnayake, Nirmala, Alwis, Gayani
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Hindawi 2018
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5996422/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30002676 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7653469

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