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Epidemiology of Emergency Medical Service Responses to Older People Who Have Fallen: A Prospective Cohort Study

Paul M. SimpsonCorrespondence[email protected]
, MScM(ClinEpi), BHSc, BEd,
Jason C. Bendall
, PhD, MBBS, MM(ClinEpi),
Anne Tiedemann
, PhD, BSc,
Stephen R. Lord
, PhD, DSc, MA, BSc &
Jacqueline C. T. Close
, MD, MBBS
Pages 185-194 | Published online: 08 Jan 2014

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