Association between chronic diseases and falls among a sample of older people in Finland

BACKGROUND: Falls are a major problem for older people and recurrent fallers are especially prone to severe consequences due to falls. This study investigated the association between chronic conditions and falls. METHODS: Responses from 872 older persons (age 65–98) to a health questionnaire were us...

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Autores principales: Immonen, Milla, Haapea, Marianne, Similä, Heidi, Enwald, Heidi, Keränen, Niina, Kangas, Maarit, Jämsä, Timo, Korpelainen, Raija
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7318483/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32590946
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-01621-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7318483/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32590946
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-01621-9

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