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Chapter 46 - Office care of geriatric patients

from Section VI - Nongynecologic conditions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2016

By
Anita Blanchard  and
Adrianne Dade
Edited by
Martin Olsen  and
Botros Rizk
Martin Olsen
Affiliation:
East Tennessee State University
Botros Rizk
Affiliation:
University of South Alabama
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Office Care of Women , pp. 494 - 506
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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