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Clinical Aspects of Aging
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Section I - General approach to the care of the elderly

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2016

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Jan Busby-Whitehead ,
Christine Arenson ,
Samuel C. Durso ,
Daniel Swagerty ,
Laura Mosqueda ,
Maria Fiatarone Singh  and
William Reichel
Jan Busby-Whitehead
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University of North Carolina
Christine Arenson
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Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia
Samuel C. Durso
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The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Daniel Swagerty
Affiliation:
University of Kansas
Laura Mosqueda
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University of Southern California
Maria Fiatarone Singh
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University of Sydney
William Reichel
Affiliation:
Georgetown University, Washington DC
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Clinical Aspects of Aging
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