Preventing falls by dealing with the causes
- 1 October 1997
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by AMPCo in The Medical Journal of Australia
- Vol. 167 (8) , 407-408
- https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1997.tb126644.x
Abstract
Falls in older people have complex causes and are seldom amenable to easy solutionsKeywords
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