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Commentary: Canadian Geriatrics – A View From Israel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2010

A. Mark Clarfield
A. Mark Clarfield
Affiliation:
Sarah Herzog Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel and Sir Mortimer B. Davis – Jewish General Hospital, McGill University
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Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement , Volume 20 , Issue S1: Northern Lights: Reflections on Canadian Gerontological Research , Summer/Été 2001 , pp. 21 - 24
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Copyright © Canadian Association on Gerontology 2001

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