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Response to letter to the editor, “Predictors of falls among community-dwelling older adults with cancer: results from the health and retirement study”

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Chen, TY. Response to letter to the editor, “Predictors of falls among community-dwelling older adults with cancer: results from the health and retirement study”. Support Care Cancer 22, 2605–2606 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-014-2368-z

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