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Population Studies Resources for healthy aging in community

According to data gathered, the three most important Availability of data
resources are social, health, and financial. Each resource
impacts on a person’s ability to remain in community and The data are not publicly available. Please consult the
continue to age. As aging progresses, the use of these three corresponding author for the data access.
resources begins to increase, causing a stress on the cache. References
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