'Stops walking to talk': A simple measure of predicting falls in the frail elderly

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 97-99

  Nitz, Jennifer C ^a   Thompson, Karen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 84869019944     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2003.tb00475.x     Document Type: Article

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