Social participation of older adults in Quebec
Aging Clinical and Experimental ResearchPublished 1 October 2004
Johanne Desrosiers, Luc Noreau, Annie Rochette
Citations90
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SJR score1.14
SNIP1.17
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Clinicians and researchers will help clinicians and researchers to better understand the concept of participation, and particularly to distinguish between changes in participation due to normal aging and those attributable to pathological aging.
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This study will help clinicians and researchers to better understand the concept of participation, and particularly to distinguish between changes in participation due to normal aging and those attributable to pathological aging.
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