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Rheumatological rehabilitation in older adults

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

SA Wasti  and
MA Chamberlain
SA Wasti*
Affiliation:
Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Research Unit, Leeds University, Leeds, UK
MA Chamberlain
Affiliation:
Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Research Unit, Leeds University, Leeds, UK
*
Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Research Unit, School of Medicine, 36 Clarendon Road, Leeds LS2 9NZ, UK.
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 6 , Issue 3 , August 1996 , pp. 255 - 271
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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