Randomised controlled trial of prevention of falls in people aged > or =75 with severe visual impairment: the VIP trial.

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Published in BMJ on September 23, 2005

Authors

A John Campbell1, M Clare Robertson, Steven J La Grow, Ngaire M Kerse, Gordon F Sanderson, Robert J Jacobs, Dianne M Sharp, Leigh A Hale

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Otago Medical School, Dunedin, New Zealand. john.campbell@stonebow.otago.ac.nz

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