Patterns and Predictors of Inpatient Falls and Fall-Related Injuries in a Large Academic Hospital
- 1 October 2005
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
- Vol. 26 (10) , 822-827
- https://doi.org/10.1086/502500
Abstract
Patterns and Predictors of Inpatient Falls and Fall-Related Injuries in a Large Academic Hospital - Volume 26 Issue 10 - Irene D. Fischer, Melissa J. Krauss, William Claiborne Dunagan, Stanley Birge, Eileen Hitcho, Shirley Johnson, Eileen Costantinou, Victoria J. FraserKeywords
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