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The extent of dementia among old people in residential care

✍ Scribed by Bernard Ineichen

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1990
Tongue: English
Weight: 814 KB
Volume: 5
Category: Article
ISSN: 0885-6230
DOI: 10.1002/gps.930050510

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