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Falls among community-dwelling older adults in Ethiopia; A preliminary cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Falls among older adults is a common precipitating factor for unintentional injuries and represent a major health problem associated with increased morbidity, mortality, and health care cost in low-and-middle-income countries. The burden of fall in this population is well established in...

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Autores principales:	Janakiraman, Balamurugan, Temesgen, Melaku Hailu, Jember, Gashaw, Gelaw, Asmare Yitayeh, Gebremeskel, Berihu Fisseha, Ravichandran, Hariharasudhan, Worku, Emnet, Abich, Yohannes, Yilak, Fekadu, Belay, Misganaw
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2019
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6736232/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31504057 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221875

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