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Family Medicine and the Life Course Paradigm

Timothy P. Daaleman and Glen H. Elder
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2007, 20 (1) 85-92; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2007.01.060012
Timothy P. Daaleman
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