JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 207-210 , March 2009

Falling-Asleep–Related Injured Falls In The Elderly

  • Fannie Onen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Service de Gériatrie, CHU Bichat Claude Bernard, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Susan Higgins, MD

      Affiliations

    • Hospices Civils de Lyon, Service de Pneumologie Lyon-Sud, Pierre Benite, France
    • ,
  • S.-Hakki Onen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Hospices Civils de Lyon, Unité de Sommeil, Hôpital Gériatrique Antoine Charial, Francheville, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to S.-Hakki Onen MD, PhD, Hôpital Gériatrique Antoine Charial, 40, avenue de la Table de Pierre, 69340 Francheville, France

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PII: S1525-8610(08)00410-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2008.10.008

JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 207-210 , March 2009

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