Introduction to the Geriatrics-for-Specialists Initiative: Geriatrics Specialty Care at the Tipping Point
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Introduction to the geriatrics-for-specialists initiative: geriatrics specialty care at the tipping point.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0002-8614
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02632.x