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MedicineFalling (accident)Physical therapyActivities of daily livingRisk factorFear of fallingGerontologyInjury preventionPoison controlEmergency medicineInternal medicinePsychiatry
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- 1986
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- article
- Volume
- 80
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 429-434
- Citations
- 1590
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Mary E. Tinetti,
T. Franklin Williams,
Raymond J. Mayewski
(1986).
Fall risk index for elderly patients based on number of chronic disabilities.
The American Journal of Medicine
, 80
(3)
, 429-434.
https://doi.org/10.1016/0002-9343(86)90717-5
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- 10.1016/0002-9343(86)90717-5