Recruiting Older Adults With Functional Difficulties Into a Community-Based Research Study: Approaches and Costs
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Applied Gerontology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0733-4648,1552-4523
DOI: 10.1177/0733464818786612