Scientific production on falls and deaths among elderly persons: a bibliometric analysis

Abstract Objective: To map international scientific production on falls and deaths among the elderly. Method: A bibliometric study of academic papers was carried out in the ISI Web of Knowledge/Web of ScienceTM. The search terms "elderly*", "fall*" and "death*" were u...

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Main Authors: Denise Guerra Wingerter, Ulicélia Nascimento de Azevedo, Andrea Márcia Marcaccini, Maria do Socorro Costa Feitosa Alves, Maria Ângela Fernandes Ferreira, Luana Kelle Batista Moura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) , Universidade Aberta a Terceira Idade (UnAti) 2018-06-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1809-98232018000300320&tlng=en