JAMDA
Volume 9, Issue 5 , Pages 289-290 , June 2008

Hip Protectors in Long-Term Care: Another Confirmatory Trial

  • Laurence Z. Rubenstein, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Laurence Z. Rubenstein, MD, MPH, UCLA School of Medicine, Greater Los Angeles VAMC Medicine, Geriatrics, 16111 Plummer Street (11E), VA Medical Center, GRECC, Sepulveda, CA 91343.

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PII: S1525-8610(08)00108-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2008.03.007

JAMDA
Volume 9, Issue 5 , Pages 289-290 , June 2008

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