Evidence-based emergency medicine/systematic review abstract. Preventing falls in community-dwelling older adults

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Christopher R Carpenter. Ann Emerg Med. 2010 Mar.

. 2010 Mar;55(3):296-8.

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.06.014. Epub 2009 Jul 17.

¹ Division of Emergency Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA. carpenterc@wusm.wustl.edu

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Interventions for preventing falls in older people living in the community.
Gillespie LD, Robertson MC, Gillespie WJ, Lamb SE, Gates S, Cumming RG, Rowe BH. Gillespie LD, et al. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2009 Apr 15;(2):CD007146. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007146.pub2. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2009. Update in: Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012 Sep 12;(9):CD007146. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007146.pub3. PMID: 19370674 Updated.

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