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Review
. 2010 Sep;56(9):887.

Motivating patients to activity: a light at the end of the couch?

Christina Korownyk  1 , G Michael Allan
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Review

Motivating patients to activity: a light at the end of the couch?

Christina Korownyk et al. Can Fam Physician. 2010 Sep.
No abstract available

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