Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
Volume 36, Issue 1 , Pages 83-91 , January 2003

Post-hospitalization mortality in the elderly

Received 30 January 2002 ,Revised 29 July 2002 ,Accepted 31 July 2002.

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Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
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