Falls among elderly and its relation with their health problems and surrounding environmental factors in Riyadh

• Main Authors: Sulaiman A Alshammari (Author), Abdullatif M Alhassan (Author), Matar A Aldawsari (Author), Faisal O Bazuhair (Author), Fahad K Alotaibi (Author), Ahmed A Aldakhil (Author), Faroq W Abdulfattah (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Falls among the elderly are one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. They constitute the second leading cause of unintentional deaths after road-traffic accidents. The aim of the study was to estimate the prevalence of falls among the elderly and to investigate the f...