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The role of geriatric assessment tests and anthropometric measurements in identifying the risk of falls in elderly nursing home residents

Bulent Yardimci, Sinan N. Aran, Ismail Ozkaya, Sevki M. Aksoy, Tarik Demir, Gulsen Tezcan and Aysegul Y. Kaptanoglu
Saudi Medical Journal October 2016, 37 (10) 1101-1108; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.10.15205

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