Outcome From Serious Injury in Older Adults
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Outcome from serious injury in older adults.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Nursing Scholarship
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1527-6546,1547-5069
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2006.00090.x