Interventions for preventing falls in older people living in the community

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Gillespie, Lesley D ^a   Robertson, M C ^b   Gillespie, W J ^b   Lamb, S ^b   Gates, S ^b   Cumming, R G ^b   Rowe, B H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CINAHL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMMUNITY CARE; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMBASE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EXERCISE; FALLING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PSYCINFO; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 44949140719     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007146     Document Type: Review

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