Preventing falls in older adults: A multifactorial approach

Home Health Care Management and Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-50

  Weinstein, Marcie ^a   Booth, Japhia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Falls prevention; Multidisciplinary; Team approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750431689     PISSN: 10848223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1084822306292232     Document Type: Article

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