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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...
Autores principales: | Tsai, Yih-Jian, Yang, Ping-Yen, Yang, Yi-Ching, Lin, Mau-Roung, Wang, Ying-Wei |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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