Falls as Risk Factors for Fracture

Osteoporosis, Two-Volume Set

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 911-921

  Berry, Sarah D ^a   Kiel, Douglas P ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012370544-0.50037-9     Document Type: Chapter

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