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Changing Clinical Practice in Geriatric Emergency Medicine

  1. Arthur B. Sanders MD, MHA

Article first published online: 28 JUN 2008

DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1999.tb00131.x

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Academic Emergency Medicine

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volume 6, Issue 12, pages 1189–1193, December 1999

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Sanders, A. B. (1999), Changing Clinical Practice in Geriatric Emergency Medicine. Academic Emergency Medicine, 6: 1189–1193. doi: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1999.tb00131.x

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  1. Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Arizona, College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ

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  1. Issue published online: 28 JUN 2008
  2. Article first published online: 28 JUN 2008

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Keywords:

  • clinical practice;
  • geriatric emergency medicine;
  • elders;
  • aged;
  • falls;
  • medications

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