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Fall och falltendens hos äldre

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  • Åke Rundgren, docent och överläkare, Enheten för geriatrik, Göteborgs universitet

Tidigare sakkunniga

  • Ivar B. Mediås, specialist i allmänmedicin, Sørum legesenter, Sørumsand
  • Olav Sletvold, professor vid Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet och överläkare vid Geriatrisk avdeling, Regionsykehuset i Trondheim
  • Anette Hylen Ranhoff, överläkare, Medisinsk klinikk, Ullevål Sykehus