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Fall og falltendens hos eldre

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  • Anette Hylen Ranhoff, overlege, Medisinsk klinikk, Ullevål Sykehus
  • Terje Johannessen, professor i allmennmedisin, Trondheim

Tidligere fagmedarbeidere

  • Ivar B. Mediås, spesialist i allmennmedisin, Sørum legesenter, Sørumsand
  • Olav Sletvold, professor Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet og overlege Geriatrisk avdeling, Regionsykehuset i Trondheim