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Comment
. 2017 Mar;63(3):199.

Call to action: frailty assessment in primary care

Martin Hofmeister  1 , Farid Mouissi  2
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Call to action: frailty assessment in primary care

Martin Hofmeister et al. Can Fam Physician. 2017 Mar.
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