Falls and Instability in the Elderly

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• Publication year

  1988

• Venue

  Journal of The American Geriatrics Society

• Publication date

  1988-03-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1988.tb01811.xPMID 3276771
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