A Comparison of Biological Risk Factors in Two Populations: The United States and Japan
- 5 September 2008
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Population and Development Review
- Vol. 34 (3), 457-482
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1728-4457.2008.00232.x
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