Lifestyle behaviours and quality-adjusted life years in middle and older age
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Lifestyle behaviours and quality-adjusted life years in middle and older age.
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عنوان ژورنال: Age and Ageing
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1468-2834,0002-0729
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afr058