Use of Psychotropic Drugs in Elderly Nursing Home Residents with and without Dementia in Helsinki, Finland
✍ Scribed by Helka Hosia-Randell, Dr Kaisu Pitkälä
- Book ID
- 120805886
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 120 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1170-229X
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