PREVENTING FALLS IN OLDER PEOPLE: NEW ADVANCES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES

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  2003

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  The Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

• Publication date

  2003-12-01

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  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1177/1478271520033304012
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