Public health issues among older American Indians and Alaska Natives

Generations

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 30-35

  Gains, R Turner ^a,b   Spencer, S Melinda ^b  

^a West VirginiaUniversity ^*  (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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