Applied Nursing Research
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 9-21 , February 2003

Validation of the Hendrich II Fall Risk Model: A large concurrent case/control study of hospitalized patients

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☆ Address reprint requests to Ann L. Hendrich, MS, RN, 430 W. CR 200N, Greencastle, IN.

PII: S0897-1897(02)10902-5

doi: 10.1053/apnr.2003.016009

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 9-21 , February 2003

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