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Health and social factors key to understanding attrition in longitudinal aging research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 June 2021

Judith Godin  and
Olga Theou
Judith Godin
Affiliation:
Geriatric Medicine, Dalhousie University and Nova Scotia Health, Halifax, NS, Canada
Olga Theou*
Affiliation:
Geriatric Medicine, Dalhousie University and Nova Scotia Health, Halifax, NS, Canada Department of Physiotherapy, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
*
Email: olga.theou@dal.ca
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International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 33 , Special Issue 8: Issue Theme: Longitudinal Studies of Aging , August 2021 , pp. 743 - 746
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