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Old age and forgoing treatment: a nationwide mortality follow-back study in the Netherlands
- Correspondence to Dr Sandra Martins Pereira, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Van der Boechorststraat 7, Amsterdam 1081, The Netherlands; eol{at}vumc.nl, martinspereira.sandra{at}gmail.com
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Old age and forgoing treatment: a nationwide mortality follow-back study in the Netherlands
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- Received July 14, 2014
- Revised February 9, 2015
- Accepted February 27, 2015
- First published April 20, 2015.
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June 29, 2021
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