Incidence of and risk factors for falls and injurious falls among the community-dwelling elderly.

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Published in Am J Epidemiol on February 01, 1993

Authors

J L O'Loughlin1, Y Robitaille, J F Boivin, S Suissa

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Community Health, Montreal General Hospital, Quebec, Canada.

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