Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 58, Issue 1 , Pages 63-67, January 2005

In an observational study elderly patients had an increased risk of falling due to home hazards

  • Thomas van Bemmel

      Affiliations

    • Section of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Department of General Internal Medicine, C1-R, Leiden University Medical Center, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: 0031-71-5264494; fax: 0031-71-5248159.
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  • Jan P. Vandenbroucke

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • Rudi G.J. Westendorp

      Affiliations

    • Section of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Department of General Internal Medicine, C1-R, Leiden University Medical Center, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • Jacobijn Gussekloo

      Affiliations

    • Section of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Department of General Internal Medicine, C1-R, Leiden University Medical Center, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands

Accepted 22 January 2004.

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 The Leiden 85-plus Study was partly supported by an unrestricted grant from the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports.

PII: S0895-4356(04)00227-6

doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2004.06.007

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 58, Issue 1 , Pages 63-67, January 2005

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