Falls among the elderly: risk factors in a population-based study

• Hoofdauteurs: Iara Guimarães Rodrigues (Auteur), Gustavo Pereira Fraga (Auteur), Marilisa Berti de Azevedo Barros (Auteur)
• Formaat: Boek
• Gepubliceerd in: Associação Brasileira de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, 2014-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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Purpose: The aim of the present study was to identify factors associated with the occurrence of falls among elderly adults in a population-based study (ISACamp 2008). Methods: A population-based cross-sectional study was carried out with two-stage cluster sampling. The sample was composed of 1,520 e...