Making the elderly fit for surgery.
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1University Children’s Hospital and Medical Centre Utrecht, Child and Development and Exercise Centre, University Medical Centre Utrecht, PO Box 85090, 3508 AB Utrecht, and 2Department of Physiotherapy, Physical Functioning in Chronicity, School for Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Maastricht University, Maastricht, and Health∼Holland (Topsector Life Sciences and Health), The Hague, The Netherlands (e-mail: [email protected])
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The British journal of surgery
دوره 103 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016