Self-Rated Health, Interviewer-Rated Health, and Their Predictive Powers on Mortality in Old Age
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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: The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1079-5014,1758-5368
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbu186