Morbidity and related factors among elderly people in South Korea: results from the Ansan Geriatric (AGE) cohort study.

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Published in BMC Public Health on January 22, 2007

Authors

Eun-kyung Woo1, Changsu Han, Sangmee Ahn Jo, Min Kyu Park, Sungsoo Kim, Eunkyung Kim, Moon Ho Park, Juyoung Lee, Inho Jo

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1: Center for Biomedical Sciences, National Institute of Health, 194 Tongil-ro, Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea. we600@nate.com <we600@nate.com>

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