Health promoting lifestyles and influencing factors among empty nesters and non-empty nesters in Taiyuan, China: a cross-sectional study
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عنوان ژورنال: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1477-7525
DOI: 10.1186/s12955-018-0936-5