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Sarcopenia based on the Asian working Group for Sarcopenia criteria and all-cause mortality risk in older Japanese adults: Methodological issues
Saeid Safiri,
Saeid Safiri
Managerial Epidemiology Research Center, Department of Public Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Maragheh University of Medical Sciences, Maragheh, Iran
Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Erfan Ayubi
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Saeid Safiri,
Saeid Safiri
Managerial Epidemiology Research Center, Department of Public Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Maragheh University of Medical Sciences, Maragheh, Iran
Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Search for more papers by this author Erfan Ayubi,
Erfan Ayubi
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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First published: 10 November 2017
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