Problems of older adults living alone after hospitalization
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Recovery of activities of daily living in older adults after hospitalization for acute medical illness.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of General Internal Medicine
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0884-8734,1525-1497
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2000.06139.x