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Actigraphy in agitated patients with dementia

✍ Scribed by R. Mahlberg; S. Walther

Book ID: 106063351
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2007
Tongue: English
Weight: 267 KB
Volume: 40
Category: Article
ISSN: 0948-6704
DOI: 10.1007/s00391-007-0420-z

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