Evaluating Fall Risk in Older Adults: Steps and Missteps
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Clinical Geriatrics Volume 11, Number 1 January 2003 WWW.MMHC.COM Ms. Rubinstein is with the Movement Disorders Unit, Neurology Department, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel. Dr. Alexander is with the Institute of Gerontology and Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Michigan, and the Veterans Administration, Ann Arbor Health Care System, Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Ann Arbor. Dr. Hausdorff is with the Movement Disorders Unit, Neurology Department, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center; and the Gerontology Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Division on Aging, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Evaluating Fall Risk in Older Adults: Steps and Missteps
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