Environmental interventions for preventing falls in older people living in the community

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2019, Issue 2, 2019, Pages

  Clemson, Lindy ^a   Stark, Susan ^b   Pighills, Alison C ^c   Torgerson, David J ^d   Sherrington, Catherine ^e   Lamb, Sarah E ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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HUMAN; REVIEW;

EID: 85061162682     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD013258     Document Type: Review

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