ETHNOGERIATRIC CURRICULUM MODULE Health and Health Care of HISPANIC/LATINO AMERICAN ELDERS
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Health and Health Care of HISPANIC/LATINO AMERICAN ELDERS Melissa Talamantes, MS Department of Family and Community Medicine University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio Robert Lindeman, MD New Mexico Geriatric Education Center and Division of Gerontology University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Charles Mouton, MD, MS Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio
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تاریخ انتشار 2001