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Years of potential life lost and valued years of potential life lost in assessing premature mortality in Slovenia.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 1982
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.72.11.1298-a