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Multicomponent Program to Reduce Functional Decline in Frail Elderly People: A Cluster Controlled Trial

Franca G.H. Ruikes, Sytse U. Zuidema, Reinier P. Akkermans, Willem J.J. Assendelft, Henk J. Schers and Raymond T.C.M. Koopmans
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2016, 29 (2) 209-217; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2016.02.150214

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