Prevention of falls in the community

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7755, 2010, Pages 1042-

  Clemson, Lindy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGING; COMMUNITY; EDITORIAL; FALLING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77953940479     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c2244     Document Type: Editorial

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