Less exercise and more TV: leisure-time physical activity trends of Shanghai elders, 1998-2008
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Public Health
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1741-3842,1741-3850
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdr031