Older women and lower self-rated health

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 521-528

  Hamid, Tengku Aizan ^a   Momtaz, Yadollah Abolfathi ^a   Rashid, Sharifah Norazizan Syed Abdul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

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EID: 77951727135     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601270903534606     Document Type: Article

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