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Predictor of increase in caregiver burden for disabled elderly at home

✍ Scribed by Kazushi Okamoto; Yuko Harasawa

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 2009
Tongue: English
Weight: 113 KB
Volume: 49
Category: Article
ISSN: 0167-4943
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2008.06.001

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