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Falls on a Neurorehabilitation Unit: Reassessment of a Prevention Program

Mindy L. AisenThe Burke Rehabilitation Center, White Plains, NY; From the Division of Spinal Cord Injury and The Burke Rehabilitation Center, an affiliate of New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center
, M.D.,
Donna IversonThe Burke Rehabilitation Center, White Plains, NY; From the Division of Spinal Cord Injury and The Burke Rehabilitation Center, an affiliate of New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center
, R.N.,
Carole SchwalbeThe Burke Rehabilitation Center, White Plains, NY; From the Division of Spinal Cord Injury and The Burke Rehabilitation Center, an affiliate of New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center
, R.N.,
Brad WeaverThe Burke Rehabilitation Center, White Plains, NY; From the Division of Spinal Cord Injury and The Burke Rehabilitation Center, an affiliate of New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center
, B.A. &
Paul S. AisenThe Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY; From the Division of Spinal Cord Injury and The Burke Rehabilitation Center, an affiliate of New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center
, M.D.
Pages 179-182 | Received 17 Jun 1994, Accepted 23 Aug 1994, Published online: 02 Jun 2016

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