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Living alone: elderly Chinese Singaporeans.
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cialized Information Services, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. Correspondence: Dr Hakkinen, Office of Clinical Toxicology, Specialized Information Services, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, 6707 Democracy Blvd, Ste 510, Bethesda, MD 20892 (pertti [email protected]). Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported. Disc...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Demographic Research
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1435-9871
DOI: 10.4054/demres.2015.32.40