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How Can We Achieve Healthy Aging?

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  • Jean Woo

    (Department of Medicine and Therapeutics and CUHK Jockey Club Institute of Aging, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China)

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Population aging affects all countries, and all income groups.[...]

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  • Jean Woo, 2017. "How Can We Achieve Healthy Aging?," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 14(12), pages 1-2, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:14:y:2017:i:12:p:1583-:d:123139
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