Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 52, Issue 3 , Pages 181-186 , March 1999

Functional Status of Elderly Home Care Users: Do Subjects, Informal and Professional Caregivers Agree?

  • B Santos-Eggimann

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    • Institut Universitaire de Médecine Sociale et Préventive, Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: B. Santos-Eggimann, Institut Universitaire de Médecine Sociale et Préventive, 17 rue du Bugnon, CH-1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
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  • F Zobel

      Affiliations

    • Institut Universitaire de Médecine Sociale et Préventive, Lausanne, Switzerland
    • ,
  • A.Clerc Bérod

      Affiliations

    • Institut Universitaire de Médecine Sociale et Préventive, Lausanne, Switzerland

,Accepted 6 November 1998.

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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 52, Issue 3 , Pages 181-186 , March 1999

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