Implementing a Community-Based Falls-Prevention Program: From Drawing Board to Reality*

Johanne Filiatrault; Manon Parisien; Sophie Laforest; Carole Genest; Lise Gauvin; Michel Fournier; Francine Trickey; Yvonne Robitaille

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