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The Benefits and Pitfalls of Screening in Very Frail Older Persons
Walter LC. The Benefits and Pitfalls of Screening in Very Frail Older Persons. Paper presented at: American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting; 2008 May 3; Washington, DC.