Assessing mobility and preventing falls in older patients

Patient Care

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 18-29

  Alexander, Neil B ^a,b   Edelberg, Helen K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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