Diagnosing and treating: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo

Journal of Gerontological Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 22-27

  Kovar, Mary ^a   Jepson, Terry ^a   Jones, Susan ^a  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE REPORT; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; NURSING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; VERTIGO;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; VERTIGO;

EID: 39049181794     PISSN: 00989134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00989134-20061201-04     Document Type: Article

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