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Prevalence and risk factors of falls among community-dwelling older people: results from three consecutive waves of the national health interview survey in Taiwan

BACKGROUND: An aging society incurs great losses due to fall-related injuries and mortalities. The foreseeable increased burden of fall-related injury among older people requires a regular nationwide study on the fall epidemic and prevention strategies. METHODS: The fall epidemic was examined using...

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Autores principales: Tsai, Yih-Jian, Yang, Ping-Yen, Yang, Yi-Ching, Lin, Mau-Roung, Wang, Ying-Wei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7724833/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33297968
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-01922-z