Social support and the self-rated health of older people: A comparative study in Tainan Taiwan and Fuzhou Fujian province.

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Published in Medicine (Baltimore) on June 01, 2016

Authors

Yue Dai1, Chen-Yun Zhang, Bao-Quan Zhang, Zhanzhan Li, Caixiao Jiang, Hui-Ling Huang

Author Affiliations

1: aDepartment of Health Management, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou Fujian Province bDepartment of Healthcare Management, School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha Hunan Province cDepartment of Health Policy and Law, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University dDepartment of Neonatology, Fujian Maternal and Child Health, Fuzhou Fujian Province eDepartment of Epidemiology and Statistics fDepartment of Epidemiology and Statistics, School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha Hunan Province gDepartment of Gerontology, Union Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou Fujian Province, China.

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