The development of a comorbidity index with physical function as the outcome.

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Published in J Clin Epidemiol on June 01, 2005

Authors

Dianne L Groll1, Teresa To, Claire Bombardier, James G Wright

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. grolld@post.queensu.ca

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