Geriatric assessment: An overview of its impacts

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1987, Pages 1-15

  Rubenstein, L Z ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION AND FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; REHABILITATION; SHORT SURVEY; THERAPY;

EID: 0023212762     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0749-0690(18)30823-1     Document Type: Review

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