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. 2012 May;44(5):295-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.aprim.2011.06.008. Epub 2011 Oct 19.

[Comments on studies on the prevalence of frailty in the elderly in Spain]

[Article in Spanish]
María Victoria Castell Alcalá, Ana Belén Melgar Borrego, Rosa Julián Viñals, María Canto de Hoyos Alonso

[Comments on studies on the prevalence of frailty in the elderly in Spain]

[Article in Spanish]
María Victoria Castell Alcalá et al. Aten Primaria. 2012 May.
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