A Multifactorial Intervention to Reduce the Risk of Falling among Elderly People Living in the Community
Open Access
- 29 September 1994
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 331 (13), 821-827
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199409293311301
Abstract
Since falling is associated with serious morbidity among elderly people, we investigated whether the risk of falling could be reduced by modifying known risk factors.Keywords
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