Comorbidity Profile and Healthcare Utilization in Elderly Patients with Serious Mental Illnesses
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Mortality and medical comorbidity among patients with serious mental illness.
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عنوان ژورنال: The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1064-7481
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2013.01.056