Evidence-based emergency medicine/systematic review abstract. Preventing falls in community-dwelling older adults.

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Published in Ann Emerg Med on July 17, 2009

Authors

Christopher R Carpenter1

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Emergency Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA. carpenterc@wusm.wustl.edu

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