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Experimental Aging Research
An International Journal Devoted to the Scientific Study of the Aging Process
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Measuring human functional age: A review of empirical findings

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Pages 245-266 | Received 15 Dec 1994, Accepted 08 Aug 1995, Published online: 27 Sep 2007

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