A longitudinal evaluation of residents’ health outcomes in nursing homes and residential care homes in Taiwan
✍ Scribed by Li-Fan Liu; Miin-Jye Wen
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 290 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0962-9343
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