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MG Parker, M Thorslund - The Gerontologist, 2007 - Geron Soc America Health trends in the fastest growing sector of the population, the oldest old,
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J Woo, W Goggins, A Sham, SC Ho - Disability & Rehabilitation, 2006 - informahealthcare.com Results. For the baseline to 3-year changes, a 0.10 increase in baseline FI is
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J Sagardui-Villamor, P Guallar-Castillon, M … - Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological and …, 2005 - Geron Soc America Results. In the period 1986–1999, a relative annual decline of 3.7% in overall
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