Falls in a rehabilitation center: a retrospective and comparative analysis.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Rehabilitation nursing : the official journal of the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses
دوره 12 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1987