The cost of fall related presentations to the ED: a prospective, in-person, patient-tracking analysis of health resource utilization.

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Published in Osteoporos Int on September 03, 2011

Authors

J C Woolcott1, K M Khan, S Mitrovic, A H Anis, C A Marra

Author Affiliations

1: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

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