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Comment
. 2016 Feb:70:279-80.
doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.08.022. Epub 2015 Sep 18.

Comparative health and self-rated health are equivalently associated with health indicators among older adults

Sunny Chen  1 , Heather Whitson  2 , Ana Quiñones  3 , Stephen Thielke  4
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Comparative health and self-rated health are equivalently associated with health indicators among older adults

Sunny Chen et al. J Clin Epidemiol. 2016 Feb.
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