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Not only the traumatic falls in elderly subjects requires awareness but all the falls even those hitherto regarded as unimportant

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  1. Department of Gerontology, Hôpital Broca (Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris), 54/56 rue Pascal, 75013, Paris, France

    Frédéric Bloch

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Bloch, F. Not only the traumatic falls in elderly subjects requires awareness but all the falls even those hitherto regarded as unimportant. Eur J Epidemiol 29, 663–664 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-014-9949-5

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