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EDITORIAL. MEASURING QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG THE ELDERLY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

✍ Scribed by S. RAJKUMAR; SHUBA KUMAR

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1996
Tongue: English
Weight: 573 KB
Volume: 11
Category: Article
ISSN: 0885-6230
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1166(199601)11:1<1::aid-gps263>3.0.co;2-l

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