Research ArticleOriginal Research

Having a Usual Source of Care Is Associated with Longer Telomere Length in a National Sample of Older Adults

Peter T. Baltrus, Chaohua Li and Anne H. Gaglioti
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2020, 33 (6) 832-841; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2020.06.200008

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