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Occupational Therapy and Assistive Technology

The use of person-transfer-lift in the field of elderly care in Japan ∼ a scoping review

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Pages 155-164 | Received 03 Dec 2022, Accepted 08 Jun 2023, Published online: 04 Jul 2023

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