Fall prevention in community settings: Results from implementing Stepping On in three states

Frontiers in Public Health

Volumn 2, Issue APR, 2015, Pages

  Ory, Marcia G ^a   Smith, Matthew Lee ^b   Jiang, Luohua ^c,e   Lee, Robin ^d   Chen, Shuai ^e   Wilson, Ashley D ^a   Stevens, Judy A ^d   Parker, Erin M ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based program; Fall prevention; Older adult; Stepping On

Indexed keywords

EID: 85029359948     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2014.00232     Document Type: Article

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