Volume 20 - Article 5 | Pages 37–64
A systematic literature review of studies analyzing the effect of sex, age, education, marital status, obesity, and smoking on health transitions
By Gabriele Doblhammer, Rasmus Hoffmann, Elena Muth, Christina Westphal, Anne Kruse
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