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The use of subcutaneous fluids in elderly patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

ID Khan ,
IU Shah  and
AD White
ID Khan*
Affiliation:
Wrexham Maelor Hospital, Wrexham, UK
IU Shah
Affiliation:
Wrexham Maelor Hospital, Wrexham, UK
AD White
Affiliation:
Wrexham Maelor Hospital, Wrexham, UK
*
Department of Medicine for the Elderly, Wrexham Maelor Hospital, Wrexham LL13 7TX, UK.
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , February 1996 , pp. 115 - 116
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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