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aDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX. bSealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX. cDepartment of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX. Correspondence address: Luis F Amador, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, 3.236 Jennie Sealy Hospital, 301 University Blvd, Galveston, TX 77555-0460 Submitted May 12, 2004; revised and accepted August 19, 2004. Competing interests declared: None. Dr Amador’s work is supported by the Bureau of Health Professions’ Geriatric Academic Career Award 1 K01 HP 00056-01.
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