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    R. Sainsbury (Senior Lecturer in Health Care of the Elderly) & H. C. Hanger

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Sainsbury, R., Hanger, H.C. Preventive Medicine in the Elderly Population. Drugs & Aging 1, 345–352 (1991). https://doi.org/10.2165/00002512-199101050-00002

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