The geriatric emergency department.

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Published in J Am Geriatr Soc on October 03, 2007

Authors

Ula Hwang1, R Sean Morrison

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Emergency Medicine, and Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA. ula.hwang@msnyuhealth.org

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