Role of physical activity in mortality prediction in elderly hospice patients: the methodological issues
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Copyright © 2017 Korean Society of Exercise Rehabilitation http://www.e-jer.org pISSN 2288-176X eISSN 2288-1778 495 *Corresponding author: Salman Khazaei https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5918-2310 Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran Tel: +98-9212848625, Fax: +98-9212848625, E-mail: [email protected] Received: June 19, 2017 / Accepted: August 7, 2017 Role of physical activity in mortality prediction in elderly hospice patients: the methodological issues
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