Self-rated health and interviewer-rated health: differentials in predictive power for mortality among subgroups of Chinese elders
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Self-Rated Health, Interviewer-Rated Health, and Their Predictive Powers on Mortality in Old Age.
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Population Studies
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2424-8606,2424-8150
DOI: 10.18063/ijps.2016.02.007