Survival analysis of elderly patients in Intensive Care Units
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1 Universidade do Estado de Rio Grande do Norte (UERN), Faculdade de enfermagem, Departamento de Enfermagem. Caicó, RN, Brasil. 2 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Programa de Pós-graduação em Saúde Coletiva, Departamento de odontologia. Natal, RN, Brasil 3 Agència de Qualitat i Avaluació Sanitàries de Catalunya (AQuAS), Generalitat de Catalunya, Departament de Salut. Barcelona, Espanha.
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تاریخ انتشار 2017