Falls in the elderly: what can be done?

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• Publication year

  2000

• Venue

  Medical Journal of Australia

• Publication date

  2000-08-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2000.tb125595.xPMID 11008588
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