Prevalence and Related Factors of Falls among the Elderly in an Urban Community of Beijing

Objective To understand the prevalence, consequences and risk factors of falls among urban community-dwelling elderly in Beijing. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted in Longtan Community, Beijing. A total of 1512 individuals aged 60 years or over were selected by stratified cluster samplin...

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Veröffentlicht in:Biomedical and environmental sciences 2009-06, Vol.22 (3), p.179-187
Hauptverfasser: YU, Pu-Lin, QIN, Zhao-Hui, SHI, Jing, ZHANG, Juan, XIN, Mei-Zhe, WU, Zheng-Lai, SUN, Zhen-Qiu
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