Gender, marital status, and body weight in older U.S. adults

Gender Issues

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 75-94

  Sobal, Jeffery ^a   Rauschenbach, Barbara S ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

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EID: 34247460671     PISSN: 1098092X     EISSN: 19364717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12147-003-0007-y     Document Type: Article

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