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Mario A. Cleves,
Nena Sanchez,
Mayumi Draheim
(1997).
Evaluation of two competing methods for calculating Charlson's comorbidity index when analyzing short-term mortality using administrative data.
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
, 50
(8)
, 903-908.
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0895-4356(97)00091-7
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- 10.1016/s0895-4356(97)00091-7