Management of fall-related injuries in the elderly: a retrospective chart review of patients presenting to the emergency department of a community-based teaching hospital.

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Published in Physiother Can on February 13, 2009

Authors

Erin Miller1, Elizabeth Wightman, Karla Rumbolt, Sara McConnell, Katherine Berg, Moira Devereaux, Fiona Campbell

Author Affiliations

1: Erin Miller, BHSc (Honours), MScPT: Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.

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