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The geriatric patient: Use of acute geriatrics units in the emergency care of elderly patients in France

✍ Scribed by D. Somme; C. Lazarovici; M. Dramé; P. Blanc; P.O. Lang; J.B. Gauvain; T. Voisin; R. Gonthier; B. De Wazières; C. Jeandel; P. Couturier; F. Blanchard; O. Saint-Jean

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2011
Tongue
English
Weight
264 KB
Volume
52
Category
Article
ISSN
0167-4943

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