Use of psychoactive drugs predicts functional disability among older adults

Denise Mourão Falci1, Juliana Vaz de Melo Mambrini1,2, Érico Castro-Costa2

  • 1Instituto René Rachou. Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.

Revista De Saude Publica
|February 7, 2019
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