Selected References

Preventive Health Care, 2005: Prevention of Falls in Long-Term Care Facilities

Prepared  by M.A. Norris, BSc, PT, MHSc, MD, FRCPC, ABIM, R.E. Walton, MSc, C.J.S. Patterson, MD, FRCPC, J.W. Feightner, MD, MSc, FPCP, with the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care

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