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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Factors influencing prescribing of fall-risk-increasing drugs to the elderly: A qualitative study

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Pages 107-114 | Received 22 Aug 2014, Accepted 16 Feb 2015, Published online: 12 May 2015

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