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. 2001 Nov-Dec;3(6):380-2.
doi: 10.1111/j.1524-6175.2001.00676.x.

In praise of walking: an antidote to increasing health care costs in the elderly?

T G Pickering  1
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In praise of walking: an antidote to increasing health care costs in the elderly?

T G Pickering. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2001 Nov-Dec.
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