Timed up and go test and self-perceived health in elderly: population-based study
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عنوان ژورنال: Brazilian Journal of Kinanthropometry and Human Performance
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1980-0037,1415-8426
DOI: 10.5007/1980-0037.2018v20n3p247