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Falls

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Peter W Overstall
Peter W Overstall*
Affiliation:
The General Hospital, Hereford, UK
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Dr Peter W Overstall, Consultant in Geriatric Medicine, The General Hospital, Nelson Street, Hereford HR1 2PA, UK.
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Clinical geriatrics
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , February 1992 , pp. 31 - 38
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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