Population aging, health care, and growth
β Scribed by Ken-ichi Hashimoto; Ken Tabata
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 440 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0933-1433
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