Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 16, Issue 5 , Pages 351-355 , June 2010

Optimizing care of residents with Parkinsonism in supervised facilities

  • Margarita Makoutonina

      Affiliations

    • Elsternwick Private Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • National Parkinson Foundation Center of Excellence, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • ,
  • Robert Iansek

      Affiliations

    • Elsternwick Private Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • Clinical Research Centre for Movement Disorders and Gait, Kingston Centre, Warrigal Road, Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia
    • National Parkinson Foundation Center of Excellence, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Clinical Research Centre for Movement Disorders and Gait, Kingston Centre, Warrigal Road, Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia. Tel.: +61 0 3 9265 1393; fax: +61 0 3 9265 1577.
    • ,
  • Pam Simpson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Received 24 November 2009 ,Revised 20 February 2010 ,Accepted 22 February 2010.

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☆ The review of this paper was entirely handled by an Associate Editor, En-King Tan.

PII: S1353-8020(10)00048-9

doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2010.02.010

Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 16, Issue 5 , Pages 351-355 , June 2010

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