Fractured neck of femur in the elderly: an attempt to identify patients at risk.

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Published in Clin Sci (Lond) on July 01, 1979

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R Wootton, P J Brereton, M B Clark, R Hesp, H M Hodkinson, L Klenerman, J Reeve, G Slavin, M Tellez-Yudilevich

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