Outdoor and indoor falls as predictors of mobility limitation in older women.
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SOPHIE PAUTEX1,∗, FRANÇOIS R. HERRMANN2, PAULETTE LE LOUS3, GABRIEL GOLD4 1Division of palliative medicine, Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, Geneva University Hospital (HUG), Ch. De la Savonnière 11, CH-1245 Collonge-Bellerive, Switzerland Email: [email protected] 2Division of Geriatrics Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, HUG, 3.ch Pont-Bochet, CH-1226 Thônex, Switzerland Email: [email protected] 3Division of General Medical Rehabilitation, Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics HUG, 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland Email: [email protected] 4Division of internal medicine and rehabilitation, Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, HUG, 3.ch Pont-Bochet, CH-1226 Thônex, Switzerland Email: [email protected] ∗To whom correspondence should be addressed
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Age and ageing
دوره 38 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009