Inner city, middle-aged African Americans have excess frank and subclinical disability.

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Published in J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci on February 01, 2005

Authors

Douglas K Miller1, Fredric D Wolinsky, Theodore K Malmstrom, Elena M Andresen, J Philip Miller

Author Affiliations

1: School of Medicine, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. dokmille@iupui.edu

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