The Vanderbilt Fall Prevention Program for long-term care: Eight years of field experience with nursing home staff

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 180-185

  Taylor, Jo A ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; FALLING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INJURY; LONG TERM CARE; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0043087326     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-8610(04)70462-4     Document Type: Article

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