Effect of smoking on the accumulation of deficits, frailty and survival in older adults: A secondary analysis from the Canadian study of health and aging
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- 1 May 2009
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- Published by Elsevier in The Journal of nutrition, health and aging
- Vol. 13 (5) , 468-472
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