Predictive performance of four frailty screening tools in community-dwelling elderly
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Predictive performance of four frailty screening tools in community-dwelling elderly
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Geriatrics
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1471-2318
DOI: 10.1186/s12877-017-0633-y