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Comment
. 2011 May 17;183(8):889-90.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.110626. Epub 2011 Apr 26.

Frailty: joining the giants

Peter Crome  1 , Frank Lally
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Frailty: joining the giants

Peter Crome et al. CMAJ. .
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