Age Patterns of Incidence of Geriatric Disease in the U.S. Elderly Population: Medicare-Based Analysis
β Scribed by Igor Akushevich; Julia Kravchenko; Svetlana Ukraintseva; Konstantin Arbeev; Anatoliy I. Yashin
- Book ID
- 109133068
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 145 KB
- Volume
- 60
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-8614
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