Falls in the elderly: a modern look at an old problem
- 1 August 2014
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in The American Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 208 (2), 249-253
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2013.12.034
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