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Cardiac rehabilitation for older people

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

I Todd ,
S Donald  and
B Pentland
I Todd*
Affiliation:
Astley Ainslie Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
S Donald
Affiliation:
Astley Ainslie Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
B Pentland
Affiliation:
Astley Ainslie Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
*
I Todd, Rehabilitation Studies Unit, University of Edinburgh, Astley Ainslie Hospital, Grange Loan, Edinburgh EH9 2HL, UK.
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , August 1995 , pp. 321 - 328
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