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Life With and Without Disease: Women Experience More of Both

Eileen M. Crimmins PhD Andrus Gerontology Center of University of Southern California, and Director of the USC/UCLA Center on Biodemography and Population Health, Los Angeles, CA, 90089-0191; USC/UCLA Center on Biodemography and Population Health, Los Angeles, CA, 90089-0191
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Jung Ki Kim PhD Andrus Gerontology Center of the University of Southern California
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Aaron Hagedorn BS Leonard Davis School of Gerontology of the University of Southern California
Pages 47-59 | Published online: 24 Oct 2008

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