Weight Change and Lower Body Disability in Older Mexican Americans
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0002-8614,1532-5415
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53522.x