Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 50, Issue 5 , Pages 589-594 , May 1997

Incidence rates of falls among Japanese men and women living in Hawaii

  • James W. Davis

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: James W. Davis, Hawaii Osteoporosis Center, 402 Kamakee Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96814.
    • Hawaii Osteoporosis Center, Honolulu, Hawaii 96814 USA
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  • Philip D. Ross

      Affiliations

    • Hawaii Osteoporosis Center, Honolulu, Hawaii 96814 USA
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  • Michael C. Nevitt

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143 USA
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  • Richard D. Wasnich

      Affiliations

    • Hawaii Osteoporosis Center, Honolulu, Hawaii 96814 USA

,Accepted 25 November 1996.

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 This study was supported in part by grant # AG10412 from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging, under the auspices of the Pacific Health Research Institute, and the Hawaii Osteoporosis Foundation.

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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 50, Issue 5 , Pages 589-594 , May 1997