Self-Rated Health Changes and Oldest-Old Mortality
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Self-rated health changes and oldest-old mortality.
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1079-5014,1758-5368
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbu013