Population based study of social and productive activities as predictors of survival among elderly Americans.

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Published in BMJ on August 21, 1999

Authors

T A Glass1, C M de Leon, R A Marottoli, L F Berkman

Author Affiliations

1: Harvard University School of Public Health, Department of Health and Social Behavior, Boston, MA 02115, United States. tglass@hsph.harvard.edu

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