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Cognitive function and fall-related fractures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2018

M. Jelicic  and
G. I. J. M. Kempen
M. Jelicic
Affiliation:
Department of Health Sciences & Northern Centre for Healthcare Research, University of Groningen, A. Deusinglann I, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
G. I. J. M. Kempen
Affiliation:
Department of Health Sciences & Northern Centre for Healthcare Research, University of Groningen, A. Deusinglann I, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 171 , Issue 1 , July 1997 , pp. 88 - 89
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Copyright © 1997 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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