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Incidence and prediction of falls in Parkinson’s disease: a prospective cohort study

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This investigation was supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Serbia (Grants No 175087 and 175090).

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  1. Institute for Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

    Tatjana Gazibara, Tatjana Pekmezovic & Darija Kisic-Tepavcevic

  2. Clinic of Neurology, Clinical Center of Serbia, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Dr Subotica 6, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia

    Marina Svetel, Aleksandra Tomic, Iva Stankovic & Vladimir S. Kostic

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Gazibara, T., Pekmezovic, T., Kisic-Tepavcevic, D. et al. Incidence and prediction of falls in Parkinson’s disease: a prospective cohort study. Eur J Epidemiol 30, 349–352 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-015-0019-4

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