Self-Rated Health Trajectories and Mortality Among Older Adults

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عنوان ژورنال: The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

سال: 2007

ISSN: 1079-5014,1758-5368

DOI: 10.1093/geronb/62.1.s22