Innovations in aged care a falls lntervention database: Describing and evaluating falls prevention programs nationally

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 167-173

  Gilsenan, Belinda ^a   Hill, Keith D ^a   Kerse, Ngaire ^b  

^a NATIONAL AGEING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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EID: 84868627845     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.1999.tb00122.x     Document Type: Article

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