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The 6-minute walk: a new measure of exercise capacity in patients with chronic heart failure

G. H. Guyatt, M. J. Sullivan, P. J. Thompson, E. L. Fallen, S. O. Pugsley, D. W. Taylor and L. B. Berman
CMAJ April 15, 1985 132 (8) 919-923;
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vol. 132 no. 8 919-923
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  1. G. H. Guyatt,
  2. M. J. Sullivan,
  3. P. J. Thompson,
  4. E. L. Fallen,
  5. S. O. Pugsley,
  6. D. W. Taylor,
  7. L. B. Berman

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