Normative values of investigations in elderly women

Medical Problems in Women over 70: When Normative Treatment Plans do not Apply

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 109-122

  Bourdel Marchasson, Isabelle ^a   Lamouliate, Franck ^a  

^a Ctr Geriatrie Ctr Hosp Univ B   (France)

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