Recognition of deficits of physical and cognitive function in the elderly by medical staff in the emergency department

Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-24

  Caplan, Gideon A ^a   Croker, William D ^b   Brown, Ann ^a  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

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EID: 0011783351     PISSN: 10356851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2026.1998.tb00485.x     Document Type: Article

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