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MedicineInjury preventionPoison controlOccupational safety and healthSuicide preventionCause of deathEmergency medicineMedical emergencyHuman factors and ergonomicsPopulationGerontologyEnvironmental healthDiseaseInternal medicine
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- 1
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- 501-512
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Susan P. Baker,
Ann Hall Harvey
(1985).
Fall Injuries in the Elderly.
Clinics in Geriatric Medicine
, 1
(3)
, 501-512.
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0749-0690(18)30920-0
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- 10.1016/s0749-0690(18)30920-0