The MOBILIZE Boston Study: design and methods of a prospective cohort study of novel risk factors for falls in an older population.

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Published in BMC Geriatr on July 18, 2008

Authors

Suzanne G Leveille1, Douglas P Kiel, Richard N Jones, Anthony Roman, Marian T Hannan, Farzaneh A Sorond, Hyun G Kang, Elizabeth J Samelson, Margaret Gagnon, Marcie Freeman, Lewis A Lipsitz

Author Affiliations

1: Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. sleveill@bidmc.harvard.edu

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