David B. Hogan , MD, FRCPC, FACP
Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta.
Can Geriatr J. 2011;14(1):17–23. Epub 2011 Apr 13.
Three references are incorrectly numbered and are in the wrong order on page 22. Reference #7 should be re-numbered as #10. Reference #8 should be re-numbered as #7. Finally, reference #10 should be re-numbered as #8. The rest of the references are correct (including #9).
There is an error on page 17, left-hand column, 2nd paragraph from the top, and third sentence from the top:
“This dropped by 21.4% over the next five years.7”
The sentence should be changed to:
“This had dropped by 24.2% between 1981 and 1986.7”
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