JAMDA
Volume 11, Issue 7 , Pages 519-522 , September 2010

Psychoactive Drugs as Risk Factors for Functional Decline Among Noninstitutionalized Dependent Elderly People

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 Financial support was provided by Fundação Araucária and Fundação de Apoio ao Ensino, Pesquisa e Extensão – Universidade Estadual de Londrina (FAEPE/UEL).

PII: S1525-8610(09)00421-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.12.001

JAMDA
Volume 11, Issue 7 , Pages 519-522 , September 2010

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