Falls in Older Adults: Prevention, Mortality, and Costs

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Marco Pahor. JAMA. 2019.

. 2019 Jun 4;321(21):2080-2081.

doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.6569.

¹ Institute on Aging, Department of Aging and Geriatric Research, University of Florida, Gainesville.

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