Nurse home visits with or without alert buttons versus usual care in the frail elderly: a randomized controlled trial.

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Published in Clin Interv Aging on January 23, 2013

Authors

Jesús Favela1, Luis A Castro, Francisco Franco-Marina, Sergio Sánchez-García, Teresa Juárez-Cedillo, Claudia Espinel Bermudez, Julia Mora-Altamirano, Marcela D Rodriguez, Carmen García-Peña

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education of Ensenada, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico.

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