Mobility impairment and its consequences in the elderly

The Gerontological Prism: Developing Interdisciplinary Bridges

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 305-310

  Owsley, Cynthia ^a   Allman, Richard M ^b   Gossman, Marilyn ^c   Kell, Sherron H ^a   Sims, Richard V ^d   Baker, Patricia S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315223551-14     Document Type: Chapter

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