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Circumstances surrounding falls in patients with dementia in a psychogeriatric ward

✍ Scribed by Staffan Eriksson; Sofie Strandberg; Yngve Gustafson; Lillemor Lundin-Olsson

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 2009
Tongue: English
Weight: 358 KB
Volume: 49
Category: Article
ISSN: 0167-4943
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2008.05.005

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