JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 7 , Pages 453-455 , September 2009

Nursing Homes in China?

  • Joseph H. Flaherty, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Joseph H. Flaherty, MD, Division of Geriatrics, Saint Louis University, St. Louis VA Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, 1402 S. Grand Boulevard, M238, St. Louis, MO 63104.

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PII: S1525-8610(09)00242-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.06.006

JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 7 , Pages 453-455 , September 2009

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