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G Bartoszek1, G Meyer, R Thiesemann

  • 1Fakultät für Gesundheit, Department für Pflegewissenschaft, Arbeitsgruppe Klinische Pflegeforschung, Universität Witten/Herdecke, Stockumer Str. 12, 58453, Witten, Deutschland, Gabriele.Bartoszek@uni-wh.de.

Zeitschrift Fur Gerontologie Und Geriatrie
|May 17, 2013
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