Challenges for the aging phsyician

Connecticut Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 539-542

  Katz, Jonathan D ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW;

AGING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 0038893724     PISSN: 00106178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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