Changes in Leisure Self-Efficacy and Fall Risk: One-Year Results of N’Balance, a Fall Prevention Intervention Program
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عنوان ژورنال: Innovation in Aging
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2399-5300
DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igaa057.953