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- 1
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- 3
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- 513-524
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Bernard Isaacs
(1985).
Clinical and Laboratory Studies of Falls in Old People.
Clinics in Geriatric Medicine
, 1
(3)
, 513-524.
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0749-0690(18)30921-2
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- 10.1016/s0749-0690(18)30921-2