Acute care

Practice of Geriatrics, Fourth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 85-92

  Suh, Theodore T ^a,b,c   Palmer, Robert M ^a,d  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Euclid Hospital Outpatient Center   (United States)

^c TAUSSIG CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 84862881979     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4160-2261-9.50011-2     Document Type: Chapter

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