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Rheumatological rehabilitation in older adults

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

SA Wasti*
Affiliation:
Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Research Unit, Leeds University, Leeds, UK
MA Chamberlain
Affiliation:
Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Research Unit, Leeds University, Leeds, UK
*
Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Research Unit, School of Medicine, 36 Clarendon Road, Leeds LS2 9NZ, UK.

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