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Editorial
. 2023 Aug;14(4):635-637.
doi: 10.1007/s41999-023-00784-z.

STOPP/START version 3: even better with age

Paula A Rochon  1   2   3 , Nathan M Stall  4   5 , Christina Reppas-Rindlisbacher  4   5 , Jerry H Gurwitz  6
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Editorial

STOPP/START version 3: even better with age

Paula A Rochon et al. Eur Geriatr Med. 2023 Aug.
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Conflict of interest statement

Dr. Rochon holds the RTOERO Chair in Geriatric Medicine at the University of Toronto. Dr Reppas-Rindlisbacher receives funding from the CIHR Vanier Scholarship Program, and the Eliot Phillipson Clinician-Scientist Training Program at the University of Toronto.

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