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. 2022 Mar;13(2):249-252.
doi: 10.1016/j.jgo.2021.07.012. Epub 2021 Aug 6.

Polypharmacy and frailty in older adults evaluated at a multidisciplinary geriatric-thoracic clinic prior to surgery

Lisa Cooper  1 , Aaron R Dezube  2 , Luis E De León  2 , Sam Fox  2 , Carlos E Bravo-Iñiguez  2 , Emanuele Mazzola  3 , Jeffrey Tarascio  2 , Kristin Cardin  4 , Clark DuMontier  5 , Michael T Jaklitsch  4 , Laura N Frain  4
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Polypharmacy and frailty in older adults evaluated at a multidisciplinary geriatric-thoracic clinic prior to surgery

Lisa Cooper et al. J Geriatr Oncol. 2022 Mar.
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