Ptolemaic bathing

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 819-820

  Kane, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGING; BATH; CHRONIC PATIENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33747519640     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/61.8.819     Document Type: Editorial

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