The environment and falls prevention: Do environmental modifications make a difference?

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• Publication year

  2005

• Venue

  Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

• Publication date

  2005-12-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/J.1440-1630.2005.00525.X
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