Preventing falls: to modify the environment or the individual?

Editorial

T M Gill. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1999 Dec.

. 1999 Dec;47(12):1471-2.

doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb01570.x.

No abstract available

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Home visits by an occupational therapist for assessment and modification of environmental hazards: a randomized trial of falls prevention.
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Home visits by an occupational therapist for assessment and modification of environmental hazards: a randomized trial of falls prevention.
Cumming RG, Thomas M, Szonyi G, Salkeld G, O'Neill E, Westbury C, Frampton G. Cumming RG, et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1999 Dec;47(12):1397-402. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb01556.x. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1999. PMID: 10591231 Clinical Trial.
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