The Effectiveness of Fall Prevention Programs: A Review

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• Publication year

  2003

• Venue

  The Japanese Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

• Publication date

  2003-06-18

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.2490/JJRM1963.40.389
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