Environmental hazards in the homes of older people

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Selina Redman · National Breast Cancer Foundation

William J. Gillespie · Princess Margaret Rose Orthopaedic Hospital

Abstract

Many older people are living in potentially hazardous environments. As yet, a causal link between the presence of environmental hazards and falls in older people has not been established. More definitive work in this area needs to be carried out.

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Injury Epidemiology and Prevention Occupational Health and Safety Research Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention

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Published in: Age and Ageing

Volume 26, Issue 3, pp. 195-202

DOI: 10.1093/ageing/26.3.195

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