Personality and preventive healthcare utilisation: Evidence from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing
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عنوان ژورنال: Preventive Medicine
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0091-7435
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2018.12.029