Fear of Outdoor Falling Among Community-Dwelling Middle-Aged and Older Adults: The Role of Neighborhood Environments

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• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  The gerontologist

• Publication date

  2018-11-03

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1093/geront/gnx123PMID 28958081
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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