Increasing delivery of an outdoor journey intervention to people with stroke: A feasibility study involving five community rehabilitation teams

Implementation Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  McCluskey, Annie ^a,b   Middleton, Sandy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL REHABILITATION CENTRE SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 77954979920     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-5-59     Document Type: Article

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