Volume 36 - Article 30 | Pages 863–892
Functional limitation trajectories and their determinants among women in the Philippines
By Zachary Zimmer, Luoman Bao, Nanette L. Mayol, Feinian Chen, Tita Lorna L. Perez, Paulita L. Duazo
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