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Aids for old people living at home

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

GP Mulley
GP Mulley*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine for the Elderly, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK
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Professor GP Mulley, Department of Medicine for the Elderly, St James's University Hospital, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK.
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Rehabilitation
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , May 1992 , pp. 157 - 169
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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