Grip strength in a cohort of older medical inpatients in Malaysia: A pilot study to describe the range, determinants and association with length of hospital stay
- 28 February 2013
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
- Vol. 56 (1), 155-159
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2012.10.005
Abstract
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- Academic Geriatric Medicine team
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