The epidemiology of critical illness in the elderly.

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• Publication year

  2003

• Venue

  Critical care clinics

• Publication date

  2003-10-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1016/S0749-0704(03)00051-4PMID 14601710
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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