Towards an “age-friendly-hospital”: Older persons’ perceptions of an age-friendly hospital environment in Nigeria.
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عنوان ژورنال: Cogent Medicine
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2331-205X
DOI: 10.1080/2331205x.2020.1853895