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The network of social support of the hospitalized elderly

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Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1991
Tongue: English
Weight: 190 KB
Volume: 18
Category: Article
ISSN: 0738-3991
DOI: 10.1016/0738-3991(91)90140-z

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