Working toward a multi-program strategy in fall prevention

Frontiers in Public Health

Volumn 2, Issue APR, 2015, Pages

  Beattie, Bonita Lynn ^a  

^a National Council on the Aging   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health services; Enlisting community programs that work; Fall prevention; Falls free initiative; Healthy aging

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016102665     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2014.00254     Document Type: Note

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