ADL ability characteristics of partially dependent older people: Gender and age differences in ADL ability

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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

سال: 2001

ISSN: 1342-078X,1347-4715

DOI: 10.1007/bf02897952