Chronic conditions and the decline in late-life disability

Demography

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 459-477

  Freedman, Vicki A ^a   Schoeni, Robert F ^b   Martin, Linda G ^c   Cornman, Jennifer C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES   (United States)

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EID: 37349075238     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/dem.2007.0026     Document Type: Article

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