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Role of rehabilitation in fall recovery and prevention

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

A John Campbell
A John Campbell*
Affiliation:
Otago University Medical School, Dunedin, New Zealand
*
Professor AJ Campbell, Chairman, Department of Medicine, University of Otago Medical School, PO Box 913, Dunedin, New Zealand.
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Rehabilitation
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , February 1992 , pp. 53 - 65
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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