Balance screening of an inner city older adult population

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 587-591

  Newton, Roberta A ^a  

^a Department of Health Sciences and Clinical Practice   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEGRO; POPULATION RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0030979735     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(97)90423-8     Document Type: Article

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