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Research Papers

Physical function of elderly patients with multimorbidity upon acute hospital admission versus 3 weeks post-discharge

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Pages 1280-1287 | Received 22 Oct 2016, Accepted 08 Feb 2017, Published online: 08 Mar 2017

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