JAMDA
Volume 8, Issue 5 , Pages 276-278 , June 2007

Falls and Fractures

  • John E. Morley, M.B., B.Ch.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to John E. Morley, M.B., B.Ch., Director, Geriatric Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 1402 S. Grand Blvd., M238, St. Louis, MO 63104.

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PII: S1525-8610(07)00233-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2007.04.008

JAMDA
Volume 8, Issue 5 , Pages 276-278 , June 2007

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