Commentary: Building the Older Adult Fall Prevention Movement – Steps and Lessons Learned
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1 Department of Health Promotion and Behavior, College of Public Health, Institute of Gerontology, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA, 2 Department of Health Promotion and Community Health Sciences, Texas A&M School of Public Health, College Station, TX, USA, 3 Emory University School of Medicine, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, USA, 4 Injury Prevention Research Center at Emory, Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA, 5 Georgia Department of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, USA, 6 School of Occupational Therapy, Brenau University, Gainesville, GA, USA
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