Physical and cognitive functions in older persons in Central and Eastern Europe

Population Ageing in Central and Eastern Europe: Societal and Policy Implications

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 187-208

  Bobak, Martin ^a   Pikhart, Hynek ^a   Marmot, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b English Longitudinal Study of Ageing ^*  (United Kingdom)

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