Oncogeriatrics (part 8.). Frailty screening tools
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Frailty Screening Tools: Frail Detection to Primary Assessment
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عنوان ژورنال: Nowotwory. Journal of Oncology
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2300-2115,0029-540X
DOI: 10.5603/njo.a2020.0039